Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Biomed sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.04% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 3.77% or 3730 points to trade at 102800 at the close. Meanwhile, ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 2.86% or 60 points to end at 2160 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was up 1.95% or 1200 points to 62700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Melisron (TA:MLSR), which fell 3.77% or 510 points to trade at 13020 at the close. Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) declined 3.30% or 500 points to end at 14650 and Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) was down 3.03% or 25.0 points to 800.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 187 to 119 and 142 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.73% or 0.83 to $47.07 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.03% or 1.02 to hit $49.52 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.21% or 2.30 to trade at $1111.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.46% to 3.8869, while EUR/ILS fell 0.50% to 4.2204.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.78% at 98.00.