Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Biomed, Banking and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA), which rose 2.70% or 790.00 points to trade at 30,000.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) added 1.84% or 210.00 points to end at 11,610.00 and Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE) was up 1.72% or 18.00 points to 1,062.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL), which fell 2.15% or 56.00 points to trade at 2,544.00 at the close. Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) declined 1.75% or 20.00 points to end at 1,122.00 and Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) was down 1.29% or 1,640.00 points to 125,120.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 260 to 216 and 42 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.98% or 2.24 to $77.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.96% or 2.37 to hit $82.47 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 2.65 to trade at $1,879.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.68% to 3.44, while EUR/ILS fell 0.59% to 3.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 103.11.