Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Biomed and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which rose 4.77% or 254 points to trade at 5574 at the close. Meanwhile, Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) added 2.37% or 960 points to end at 41410 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was up 2.24% or 29 points to 1323 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 2.70% or 630 points to trade at 22690 at the close. Liveperson (TA:LPSN) declined 1.99% or 138 points to end at 6812 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was down 1.80% or 2000 points to 109300.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 197 to 171 and 38 ended unchanged.
Shares in Perrigo (TA:PRGO) fell to 5-year lows; down 2.70% or 630 to 22690.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.42% or 0.76 to $54.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.32% or 0.20 to hit $62.73 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 6.20 to trade at $1227.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.09% to 3.7285, while EUR/ILS rose 0.09% to 4.2489.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 96.588.