Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:DSCT), which rose 3.02% or 54.00 points to trade at 1,844.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Hapoalim (TASE:POLI) added 2.97% or 90.00 points to end at 3,118.00 and Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) was up 2.90% or 30.00 points to 1,066.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which fell 3.37% or 14.80 points to trade at 424.00 at the close. Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) declined 1.63% or 2,100.00 points to end at 127,100.00 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was down 1.44% or 460.00 points to 31,550.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 227 to 226 and 39 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.78% or 1.41 to $77.65 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.43% or 1.22 to hit $84.36 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.17% or 21.75 to trade at $1,843.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.22% to 3.52, while EUR/ILS fell 0.36% to 3.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.82% at 103.97.