Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Communication, Banking and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Partner (TA:PTNR), which rose 2.51% or 47 points to trade at 1922 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 1.83% or 1270 points to end at 70700 and Mylan NV (TA:MYL) was up 1.59% or 180 points to 11480 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which fell 2.64% or 149 points to trade at 5501 at the close. Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) declined 1.28% or 360 points to end at 27670 and Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) was down 1.26% or 270.0 points to 21110.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 228 to 179 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) fell to 5-year lows; down 2.64% or 149 to 5501.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.99% or 0.48 to $49.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.20% or 0.64 to hit $54.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1344.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.60% to 3.5504, while EUR/ILS fell 0.39% to 4.2386.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 92.03.