Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Biomed and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE), which rose 3.15% or 2220 points to trade at 72680 at the close. Meanwhile, Melisron (TASE:MLSR) added 2.91% or 620 points to end at 21920 and OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) was up 2.79% or 34 points to 1252 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG), which fell 2.10% or 152 points to trade at 7100 at the close. Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR) declined 2.05% or 3660 points to end at 174500 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) was down 1.81% or 54 points to 2924.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 256 to 206 and 28 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.51% or 0.36 to $69.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.28% or 0.20 to hit $72.02 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 1.05 to trade at $1893.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.02% to 3.2422, while EUR/ILS rose 0.05% to 3.9488.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 90.138.