Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Communication, Insurance and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL), which rose 2.06% or 33 points to trade at 1632 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva (TA:TEVA) added 1.46% or 210 points to end at 14600 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was up 1.23% or 800 points to 65800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which fell 1.76% or 360 points to trade at 20050 at the close. Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) declined 1.50% or 310 points to end at 20400 and Azrieli Group (TA:AZRG) was down 1.42% or 240 points to 16690.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 239 to 132 and 70 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.55% or 0.29 to $52.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.52% or 0.29 to hit $55.76 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.30% or 3.50 to trade at $1165.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.32% to 3.8528, while EUR/ILS rose 0.34% to 4.0364.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.61% at 102.61.