Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which rose 33.12% or 2702 points to trade at 10860 at the close. Meanwhile, Paz Oil (TASE:PZOL) added 5.74% or 1840 points to end at 33890 and Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) was up 1.98% or 430 points to 22130 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which fell 6.17% or 880 points to trade at 13380 at the close. Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TASE:FATTAL) declined 5.74% or 1330 points to end at 21860 and Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp) was down 5.58% or 23 points to 382.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 207 to 187 and 29 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 5.33% or 1.31 to $23.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 6.65% or 2.06 to hit $28.91 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.27% or 21.70 to trade at $1688.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.10% to 3.5120, while EUR/ILS fell 0.32% to 3.7969.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 100.090.