Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Biomed and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.30% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which rose 6.49% or 182.00 points to trade at 2,986.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) added 3.03% or 241.00 points to end at 8,195.00 and Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) was up 2.81% or 5,080.00 points to 186,080.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE), which fell 3.19% or 118.00 points to trade at 3,580.00 at the close. Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE) declined 2.98% or 39.00 points to end at 1,268.00 and Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR) was down 2.35% or 5,760.00 points to 239,690.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 257 to 233 and 38 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 3.01% or 3.14 to $107.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.94% or 3.17 to hit $110.88 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.99% or 18.85 to trade at $1,931.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.35% to 3.18, while EUR/ILS rose 0.27% to 3.54.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 97.90.