Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Communication, Real Estate and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT), which rose 3.54% or 76 points to trade at 2221 at the close. Meanwhile, Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG) added 3.35% or 760 points to end at 23440 and Melisron (TASE:MLSR) was up 3.14% or 700 points to 23000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM), which fell 3.64% or 349 points to trade at 9244 at the close. OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) declined 3.43% or 44 points to end at 1240 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was down 2.91% or 93 points to 3099.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 246 to 237 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Melisron (TASE:MLSR) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.14% or 700 to 23000.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.91% or 1.40 to $71.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.60% or 1.19 to hit $73.34 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.58% or 10.35 to trade at $1804.55 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.01% to 3.2732, while EUR/ILS fell 0.18% to 3.8630.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 92.692.