Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Biomed, Communication 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 Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which rose 4.03% or 19.9 points to trade at 514.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) added 2.43% or 540 points to end at 22790 and Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) was up 2.16% or 580 points to 27380 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which fell 2.00% or 1380 points to trade at 67720 at the close. Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) declined 1.87% or 540 points to end at 28290 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was down 1.81% or 44 points to 2386.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 226 to 184 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) rose to all time highs; rising 2.43% or 540 to 22790.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.17% or 0.09 to $51.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.29% or 0.17 to hit $58.05 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 2.99 to trade at $1283.21 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.17% to 3.5058, while EUR/ILS fell 0.08% to 4.1282.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.42.