Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.86% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO), which rose 6.37% or 5160 points to trade at 86200 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) added 3.66% or 27 points to end at 763 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) was up 3.59% or 66 points to 1904 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which fell 2.22% or 1220 points to trade at 53800 at the close. Paz Oil (TASE:PZOL) declined 2.12% or 1080 points to end at 49960 and Delek Drilling LP (TASE:DEDRp) was down 1.75% or 18 points to 1011.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 244 to 145 and 28 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.38% or 0.22 to $58.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.57% or 0.37 to hit $65.00 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 4.30 to trade at $1425.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.26% to 3.4992, while EUR/ILS rose 0.01% to 3.8929.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 97.928.