Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which rose 3.08% or 214 points to trade at 7163 at the close. Meanwhile, Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 2.74% or 1800 points to end at 67500 and Liveperson (TA:LPSN) was up 2.21% or 162 points to 7484 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 1.85% or 420 points to trade at 22300 at the close. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 1.21% or 1300 points to end at 105700 and Harel (TA:HARL) was down 0.74% or 20 points to 2690.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 251 to 136 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.55% or 0.80 to $52.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.78% or 1.07 to hit $61.27 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 3.90 to trade at $1251.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.03% to 3.7489, while EUR/ILS rose 0.40% to 4.2617.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 96.982.