Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Communication and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL), which rose 6.81% or 160 points to trade at 2510 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 3.72% or 41 points to end at 1143 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was up 3.31% or 53 points to 1655 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA), which fell 3.89% or 1320.0 points to trade at 32630.0 at the close. Elbit Systems Ltd (TA:ESLT) declined 1.19% or 500 points to end at 41550 and First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TA:FTIN) was down 1.14% or 84 points to 7311.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 194 to 189 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.25% or 0.17 to $67.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.30% or 0.22 to hit $72.91 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1306.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.50% to 3.6275, while EUR/ILS rose 0.17% to 4.3367.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 92.51.