Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Harel (TA:HARL), which rose 4.16% or 117 points to trade at 2931 at the close. Meanwhile, Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TA:FATTAL) added 3.79% or 1630 points to end at 44640 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 3.41% or 2150 points to 65290 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 2.89% or 37 points to trade at 1243 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) declined 0.93% or 21 points to end at 2236 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) was down 0.76% or 3.3 points to 429.7.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 209 to 182 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TA:FATTAL) rose to all time highs; rising 3.79% or 1630 to 44640.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.34% or 0.69 to $50.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.41% or 0.85 to hit $59.55 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1218.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.03% to 3.7337, while EUR/ILS fell 0.23% to 4.2089.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 97.433.