Tel Aviv equities ended higher on Wednesday, with the TA 35 index gaining 0.57% at the close as the Banking, Financials and Biomed sectors provided the main upward momentum.
Among TA 35 constituents, Next Vision Stabilized Systems (NXSN) led the session's winners, advancing 8.13% or 2,670.00 points to finish at 35,510.00. Mizrahi Tefahot (MZTF) added 3.30% or 760.00 points to close at 23,780.00, and Bank Hapoalim (POLI) rose 3.28% or 255.00 points to end the day at 8,025.00.
On the downside, Dimri (DIMRI) registered the steepest decline, slipping 5.33% or 2,600.00 points to close at 46,200.00. Delek Group (DLEKG) fell 3.74% or 4,100.00 points to 105,500.00, and Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (FTAL) was down 3.26% or 2,080.00 points to 61,790.00 at the close.
Market breadth was uneven: decliners outnumbered advancers by a margin of 320 to 138, with 91 stocks finishing unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
Movements in commodity markets were pronounced during the session. Crude oil for April delivery rose 4.12% or 3.44 to $86.89 a barrel, while Brent oil for May delivery climbed 4.26% or 3.74 to $91.54 a barrel. Precious metals moved in the opposite direction, with the April Gold Futures contract falling 1.19% or 62.61 to trade at $5,179.49 a troy ounce.
Foreign-exchange and dollar benchmarks also shifted: USD/ILS increased 0.59% to 3.11, EUR/ILS rose 0.26% to 3.60, and the US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 99.22.
The session's dynamics reflected concentrated gains in select banking and financial names alongside sizeable losses in certain industrial and energy-related stocks. While the TA 35 closed higher, the larger count of falling issues signals uneven participation beneath the headline move.