Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Biomed, Communication and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Partner (TA:PTNR), which rose 2.89% or 50 points to trade at 1780 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) added 2.68% or 168 points to end at 6435 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 2.37% or 660 points to 28560 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TA:DSCT), which fell 1.59% or 15.0 points to trade at 926.0 at the close. Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) declined 1.19% or 38 points to end at 3148 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was down 0.89% or 600 points to 66900.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 212 to 192 and 6 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.13% or 0.06 to $47.49 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.35% or 0.18 to hit $50.98 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.97 to trade at $1277.73 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.24% to 3.6255, while EUR/ILS fell 0.06% to 4.2417.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 93.93.