Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which rose 4.65% or 463 points to trade at 10420 at the close. Meanwhile, Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) added 2.80% or 590.0 points to end at 21640.0 and Harel (TA:HARL) was up 2.07% or 44 points to 2172 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which fell 2.10% or 11.0 points to trade at 513.0 at the close. Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT) declined 0.80% or 28 points to end at 3478 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was down 0.78% or 50 points to 6400.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 234 to 175 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) rose to 5-year highs; rising 4.65% or 463 to 10420.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.78% or 0.36 to $46.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.64% or 0.33 to hit $51.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 5.12 to trade at $1313.78 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.46% to 3.5891, while EUR/ILS fell 0.04% to 4.2759.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 92.69.