Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which rose 2.79% or 171.00 points to trade at 6,302.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA) added 2.37% or 620.00 points to end at 26,750.00 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was up 2.30% or 2,020.00 points to 89,920.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM), which fell 1.20% or 180.00 points to trade at 14,810.00 at the close. Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT) declined 1.10% or 16.00 points to end at 1,440.00 and Energix (TASE:ENRG) was down 1.06% or 14.00 points to 1,303.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 241 to 190 and 108 ended unchanged.
Shares in Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:AMOT) fell to 5-year lows; losing 1.10% or 16.00 to 1,440.00. Shares in Nova (TASE:NVMI) rose to all time highs; up 2.30% or 2,020.00 to 89,920.00.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.24% or 0.20 to $82.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.21% or 0.18 to hit $86.06 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.71% or 39.95 to trade at $2,373.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was unchanged 0.07% to 3.76, while EUR/ILS rose 0.55% to 4.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 104.83.