Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Avner L (TA:AVNRp), which rose 3.98% or 9.5 points to trade at 248.4 at the close. Meanwhile, ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 3.63% or 76 points to end at 2170 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was up 3.52% or 44 points to 1293 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 5.24% or 201 points to trade at 3632 at the close. Teva (TA:TEVA) declined 4.88% or 1120 points to end at 21830 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was down 3.73% or 2370 points to 61230.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 173 to 154 and 121 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.73% or 0.80 to $45.49 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.37% or 0.67 to hit $48.05 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.99% or 11.70 to trade at $1165.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.36% to 3.8689, while EUR/ILS rose 0.32% to 4.3878.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 94.93.