Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Biomed, Real Estate and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Mylan NV (TA:MYL), which rose 2.11% or 280 points to trade at 13520 at the close. Meanwhile, Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG) added 1.55% or 300 points to end at 19600 and Bazan Oil Refineries Ltd (TA:ORL) was up 1.53% or 2.4 points to 159.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Frutarom Industries Ltd (TA:FRUT), which fell 1.70% or 410 points to trade at 23670 at the close. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) declined 1.59% or 137 points to end at 8470 and Strauss Group (TA:STRS) was down 0.93% or 64 points to 6830.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 244 to 157 and 99 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.57% or 0.25 to $43.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.35% or 0.16 to hit $46.18 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 3.02 to trade at $1246.52 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.03% to 3.5431, while EUR/ILS rose 0.13% to 3.9487.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 97.35.