Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.49% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which rose 4.21% or 550 points to trade at 13610 at the close. Meanwhile, Paz Oil (TASE:PZOL) added 4.07% or 1960 points to end at 50120 and Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) was up 3.71% or 2770 points to 77500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which fell 3.07% or 88 points to trade at 2782 at the close. Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) declined 2.52% or 1220 points to end at 47130 and Perrigo (TASE:PRGO) was down 2.06% or 410 points to 19490.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 193 to 177 and 36 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.59% or 0.94 to $58.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.50% or 0.97 to hit $63.58 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 3.70 to trade at $1517.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.36% to 3.5313, while EUR/ILS fell 0.39% to 3.9082.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.875.