Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Communication, Insurance and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.23% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 3.89% or 2390 points to trade at 63820 at the close. Meanwhile, ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 3.54% or 54 points to end at 1580 and Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) was up 2.65% or 19.0 points to 735.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 2.14% or 98 points to trade at 4484 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 1.96% or 650 points to end at 32430 and Mylan NV (TA:MYL) was down 1.64% or 240 points to 14400.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 227 to 130 and 87 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.37% or 0.20 to $54.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.35% or 0.20 to hit $57.03 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1138.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.49% to 3.8564, while EUR/ILS fell 0.13% to 4.0084.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 103.42.