Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.33% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which rose 3.54% or 1750 points to trade at 51150 at the close. Meanwhile, Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT) added 3.36% or 990 points to end at 30490 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) was up 2.69% or 1.2 points to 45.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which fell 3.32% or 211 points to trade at 6150 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) declined 2.55% or 13.0 points to end at 496.2 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was down 1.81% or 31 points to 1685.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 230 to 160 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.61% or 0.35 to $57.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.74% or 0.47 to hit $64.27 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 3.20 to trade at $1267.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.23% to 3.4956, while EUR/ILS rose 0.10% to 4.1525.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 92.88.