Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Poalim (TA:POLI), which rose 2.19% or 44 points to trade at 2049 at the close. Meanwhile, Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) added 1.67% or 950 points to end at 57890 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) was up 1.53% or 250 points to 16560 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Osem (TA:OSEM), which fell 1.80% or 133 points to trade at 7254 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) declined 1.65% or 33 points to end at 1973 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was down 1.54% or 82 points to 5257.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 194 to 145 and 112 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.81% or 0.33 to $41.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.07% or 0.47 to hit $44.03 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.09% or 1.00 to trade at $1067.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.23% to 3.9011, while EUR/ILS fell 0.20% to 4.1532.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 99.76.