Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Biomed, Technology and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which rose 3.05% or 263 points to trade at 8873 at the close. Meanwhile, First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) added 2.50% or 190 points to end at 7800 and Partner (TA:PTNR) was up 2.09% or 27 points to 1321 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL), which fell 2.49% or 54 points to trade at 2115 at the close. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) declined 0.85% or 68 points to end at 7962 and Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) was down 0.67% or 320 points to 47320.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 239 to 148 and 36 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.49% or 54 to 2115. Shares in Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.85% or 68 to 7962. Shares in Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) fell to 5-year lows; down 0.67% or 320 to 47320.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.00% or 0.65 to $65.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $75.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.80 to trade at $1276.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.18% to 3.6276, while EUR/ILS fell 0.27% to 4.2002.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 94.72.