Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 2.99% or 480 points to trade at 16550 at the close. Meanwhile, Strauss Group (TA:STRS) added 2.03% or 124 points to end at 6222 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 1.66% or 990 points to 60690 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which fell 1.87% or 310 points to trade at 16260 at the close. Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) declined 1.62% or 980 points to end at 59360 and Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) was down 1.36% or 9.8 points to 710.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 170 to 148 and 126 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 3.18% or 1.60 to $51.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.61% or 1.35 to hit $53.03 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.60% or 7.60 to trade at $1270.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.12% to 3.8283, while EUR/ILS rose 0.03% to 4.1986.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 97.81.