Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Biomed, Banking and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 1.22%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 7.24% or 1010 points to trade at 14960 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva (TA:TEVA) added 4.53% or 670 points to end at 15460 and Elbit Systems (TA:ESLT) was up 2.71% or 1000 points to 37940 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA), which fell 4.21% or 780 points to trade at 17730 at the close. Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) declined 3.92% or 140 points to end at 3430 and Melisron (TA:MLSR) was down 2.04% or 340 points to 16360.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 231 to 104 and 109 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.84% or 0.38 to $44.60 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.85% or 0.39 to hit $45.65 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.13% or 14.35 to trade at $1288.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.29% to 3.8162, while EUR/ILS fell 0.50% to 4.1783.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 98.29.