Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Communication, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.41% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Melisron (TA:MLSR), which rose 2.86% or 370 points to trade at 13300 at the close. Meanwhile, Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) added 2.30% or 320 points to end at 14240 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was up 2.19% or 117 points to 5464 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Osem (TA:OSEM), which fell 1.07% or 86 points to trade at 7989 at the close. Poalim (TA:POLI) declined 0.84% or 16 points to end at 1894 and Discount (TA:DSCT) was down 0.75% or 4.8 points to 632.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 195 to 149 and 109 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 3.26% or 1.19 to $37.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.80% or 1.11 to hit $40.76 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.67% or 8.50 to trade at $1254.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.23% to 3.8973, while EUR/ILS fell 0.23% to 4.2912.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 97.11.