Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which rose 11.72% or 99.00 points to trade at 944.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE) added 4.68% or 42.20 points to end at 945.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) was up 3.06% or 162.00 points to 5,450.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM), which fell 3.64% or 510.00 points to trade at 13,490.00 at the close. OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE) declined 2.91% or 71.00 points to end at 2,368.00 and Kenon Holdings Ltd (TASE:KEN) was down 1.66% or 147.00 points to 8,725.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 267 to 194 and 36 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.64% or 510.00 to 13,490.00.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 3.30% or 2.30 to $72.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.80% or 0.61 to hit $76.86 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 2.15 to trade at $1,931.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was unchanged 0.07% to 3.70, while EUR/ILS fell 0.18% to 4.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 102.92.