Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Communication and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM), which rose 3.52% or 540.00 points to trade at 15,890.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) added 3.16% or 28.00 points to end at 915.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) was up 2.96% or 146.00 points to 5,086.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE), which fell 2.33% or 1,560.00 points to trade at 65,500.00 at the close. Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) declined 1.10% or 52.00 points to end at 4,678.00 and Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE) was down 0.49% or 4.50 points to 920.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 286 to 143 and 110 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.52% or 540.00 to 15,890.00.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.52% or 0.39 to $75.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.58% or 0.46 to hit $78.20 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 10.65 to trade at $2,542.25 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.62% to 3.65, while EUR/ILS fell 1.10% to 4.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 100.85.