Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.33% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 4.75% or 950 points to trade at 20940 at the close. Meanwhile, Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 1.97% or 720 points to end at 37220 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was up 1.18% or 200 points to 17110 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which fell 1.65% or 320 points to trade at 19120 at the close. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) declined 1.61% or 12.7 points to end at 777.1 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was down 1.61% or 260 points to 15840.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 169 to 149 and 120 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 3.59% or 1.68 to $45.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 4.02% or 1.95 to hit $46.52 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.29% or 3.85 to trade at $1339.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.25% to 3.8590, while EUR/ILS rose 0.13% to 4.2844.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.34% at 96.22.