Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 0.31% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which rose 3.86% or 190 points to trade at 5110 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 2.81% or 3900 points to end at 142500 and Isramco L (TA:ISRAp) was up 2.57% or 1.8 points to 71.9 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 2.80% or 162 points to trade at 5632 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 2.49% or 1650 points to end at 64670 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was down 1.64% or 410 points to 24550.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 239 to 125 and 92 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.69% or 1.28 to $48.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.08% or 1.15 to hit $56.26 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.34% or 15.90 to trade at $1199.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.28% to 3.9678, while EUR/ILS fell 0.06% to 4.2675.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 98.53.