Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Real Estate 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 Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT), which rose 5.42% or 3,520.00 points to trade at 68,500.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) added 3.13% or 5,000.00 points to end at 165,000.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) was up 2.60% or 91.00 points to 3,590.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which fell 5.13% or 400.00 points to trade at 7,400.00 at the close. Maytronics (TASE:MTRN) declined 3.18% or 226.00 points to end at 6,874.00 and First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI) was down 2.08% or 280.00 points to 13,150.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 280 to 206 and 37 ended unchanged.
Shares in Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:ESLT) rose to all time highs; rising 5.42% or 3,520.00 to 68,500.00.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 4.95% or 5.12 to $108.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 5.22% or 5.48 to hit $110.45 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.14% or 22.20 to trade at $1,921.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.47% to 3.24, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.06% to 3.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 97.63.