Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Communication, Real Estate and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 1.51%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG), which rose 4.51% or 680 points to trade at 15750 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 4.45% or 266 points to end at 6240 and Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) was up 3.92% or 25.2 points to 668.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Paz Oil (TA:PZOL), which fell 1.24% or 740 points to trade at 58810 at the close. Isramco L (TA:ISRAp) declined 0.50% or 0.4 points to end at 79.0 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) was down 0.46% or 12 points to 2625.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 253 to 94 and 106 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.67% or 1.59 to $57.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.66% or 1.05 to hit $62.53 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.26% or 3.00 to trade at $1168.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.38% to 3.7852, while EUR/ILS rose 0.11% to 4.2046.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.34% at 96.08.