Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Financials and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 3.57% or 1710 points to trade at 49670 at the close. Meanwhile, Frutarom (TA:FRUT) added 3.45% or 640 points to end at 19180 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was up 2.85% or 590 points to 21320 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Avner L (TA:AVNRp), which fell 2.07% or 4.4 points to trade at 207.7 at the close. Nice (TA:NICE) declined 1.95% or 470 points to end at 23600 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was down 1.94% or 1240 points to 62560.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 173 to 165 and 114 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 4.43% or 1.59 to $37.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 3.54% or 1.34 to hit $39.21 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.50% or 6.10 to trade at $1223.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.33% to 3.8031, while EUR/ILS fell 0.40% to 4.3262.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 94.70.