Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG), which rose 4.02% or 720 points to trade at 18630 at the close. Meanwhile, First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) added 1.85% or 140 points to end at 7720 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) was up 1.62% or 113 points to 7083 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which fell 2.35% or 13.6 points to trade at 564.5 at the close. Mylan NV (TA:MYL) declined 1.66% or 250 points to end at 14810 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was down 1.34% or 21 points to 1551.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 220 to 174 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.85% or 140 to 7720.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.85% or 0.55 to $63.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.73% or 0.50 to hit $68.02 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 6.10 to trade at $1341.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.22% to 3.4100, while EUR/ILS rose 0.20% to 4.2476.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 88.72.