Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 1.17% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TA:PHOE1), which rose 3.24% or 66 points to trade at 2102 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 3.15% or 26 points to end at 866 and Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TA:DSCT) was up 2.77% or 37.0 points to 1371.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ), which fell 3.23% or 8.6 points to trade at 257.4 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) declined 1.04% or 720 points to end at 68680 and Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) was down 0.23% or 14 points to 6076.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 218 to 147 and 47 ended unchanged.
Shares in Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TA:DSCT) rose to all time highs; up 2.77% or 37.0 to 1371.0.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.87% or 0.58 to $65.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.16% or 0.12 to hit $74.39 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 5.40 to trade at $1278.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.47% to 3.6187, while EUR/ILS fell 0.06% to 4.0408.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 97.640.