Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Biomed and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA), which rose 4.03% or 340 points to trade at 8780 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 3.95% or 67 points to end at 1763 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) was up 3.15% or 255 points to 8355 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which fell 5.79% or 3030 points to trade at 49320 at the close. Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) declined 5.01% or 49 points to end at 925 and Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) was down 2.59% or 1.0 points to 37.6.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 232 to 130 and 51 ended unchanged.
Shares in Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) fell to 5-year lows; losing 5.79% or 3030 to 49320. Shares in Isramco Negev 2 LP (TA:ISRAp) fell to 5-year lows; falling 2.59% or 1.0 to 37.6.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 3.11% or 2.19 to $72.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.15% or 1.64 to hit $77.78 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.10 to trade at $1256.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.10% to 3.6415, while EUR/ILS fell 0.36% to 4.2223.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 94.75.