Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Biomed and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which rose 3.68% or 127 points to trade at 3577 at the close. Meanwhile, Melisron (TA:MLSR) added 2.62% or 420 points to end at 16450 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was up 1.88% or 87 points to 4726 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 1.24% or 430 points to trade at 34300 at the close. Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) declined 1.01% or 380 points to end at 37150 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was down 0.57% or 110 points to 19230.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 225 to 125 and 97 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.20% or 0.09 to $44.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.36% or 0.17 to hit $47.09 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.42% or 5.75 to trade at $1348.25 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.10% to 3.7501, while EUR/ILS fell 0.20% to 4.2166.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 94.95.