Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 1.68% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were First International Bank of Israel Ltd (TASE:FIBI), which rose 5.01% or 710.00 points to trade at 14,890.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) added 4.38% or 550.00 points to end at 13,100.00 and Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR) was up 4.02% or 6,600.00 points to 170,900.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which fell 1.77% or 15.40 points to trade at 855.00 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) declined 0.60% or 18.00 points to end at 2,962.00 and Harel (TASE:HARL) was down 0.09% or 3.00 points to 3,316.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 278 to 186 and 35 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.78% or 1.97 to $72.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.60% or 1.95 to hit $76.86 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 7.40 to trade at $1,985.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was unchanged 0.08% to 3.65, while EUR/ILS fell 0.62% to 3.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 102.74.