The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange's TA-35 marked its sixth straight session of gains on Wednesday as it crossed the 1,500 line for the first time in nearly two months. The benchmark index finished the day up 0.7% at 1,502.42 points, while the TA-125 rose 0.6% to 1,352.73, on turnover of 1.2 billion shekels ($330 million). Insurance shares were up strongly, paced by a 4% gain for Phoenix to 19.06 shekels and a 3.2% rise for Harel to 26.30. Azrieli Group rose 2.5% to 168.20 after it said net operating income, which reflects the group's core business, rose 10 percent to 371 million shekels. Oil Refineries dropped 1.9% to 1.57 after saying it earned $74 million in the third quarter, up from $19 million a year earlier. Volume leader Frutarom was down 1.4% by close to 343. In foreign currency trading, the euro weakened a sharp 1.3% to a representative rate of 4.2353 shekels. (Jasmin Gueta)