Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Biomed, Communication and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 1.30%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 4.94% or 3160 points to trade at 67160 at the close. Meanwhile, ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 3.09% or 50 points to end at 1668 and Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) was up 3.00% or 102 points to 3500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva (TA:TEVA), which fell 0.24% or 50 points to trade at 20800 at the close. Discount (TA:DSCT) declined 0.11% or 0.7 points to end at 635.0 and Osem (TA:OSEM) was up 0.01% or 1 points to 8227.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 219 to 123 and 110 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.24% or 0.10 to $42.07 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $44.69 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.87% or 11.00 to trade at $1249.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.14% to 3.7753, while EUR/ILS fell 0.74% to 4.2593.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.74% at 94.72.