Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Banking and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 3.12% or 850 points to trade at 28120 at the close. Meanwhile, Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) added 2.84% or 221 points to end at 7991 and Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) was up 1.09% or 1.8 points to 166.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 3.10% or 71 points to trade at 2219 at the close. Partner (TA:PTNR) declined 1.72% or 25 points to end at 1428 and Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG) was down 1.72% or 310 points to 17690.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 220 to 147 and 40 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.04% or 0.03 to $67.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $72.12 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.40 to trade at $1224.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.23% to 3.6407, while EUR/ILS rose 0.09% to 4.2393.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 94.86.