Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Communication, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 1.41%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which rose 5.85% or 5050 points to trade at 91400 at the close. Meanwhile, Avner L (TA:AVNRp) added 5.35% or 11.5 points to end at 226.5 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was up 4.70% or 97 points to 2162 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva (TA:TEVA), which fell 2.69% or 610 points to trade at 22080 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) declined 2.23% or 1390 points to end at 61080 and Osem (TA:OSEM) was down 0.54% or 41 points to 7608.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 241 to 88 and 114 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.60% or 0.29 to $48.82 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.95% or 0.49 to hit $52.41 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1146.90 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.29% to 3.8457, while EUR/ILS fell 0.60% to 4.3215.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 95.65.