Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which rose 4.51% or 3350 points to trade at 77680 at the close. Meanwhile, Frutarom (TA:FRUT) added 3.88% or 690 points to end at 18490 and Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp) was up 3.44% or 46 points to 1385 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 3.47% or 130 points to trade at 3620 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 0.94% or 350 points to end at 36860 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was down 0.84% or 130 points to 15360.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 176 to 127 and 136 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.58% or 0.29 to $49.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.63% or 0.32 to hit $50.30 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.19% or 2.45 to trade at $1270.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.16% to 3.8525, while EUR/ILS rose 0.21% to 4.3473.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 93.93.