Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Financials and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Partner (TA:PTNR), which rose 4.63% or 81 points to trade at 1829 at the close. Meanwhile, Azrieli Group Ltd (TA:AZRG) added 4.26% or 820 points to end at 20070 and Harel (TA:HARL) was up 3.32% or 63 points to 1962 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 3.61% or 970 points to trade at 25920 at the close. Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) declined 1.88% or 147 points to end at 7662 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was down 1.75% or 200 points to 11260.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 238 to 162 and 101 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.15% or 0.07 to $47.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.12% or 0.06 to hit $50.52 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.47% or 5.86 to trade at $1251.14 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.17% to 3.6133, while EUR/ILS fell 0.04% to 3.9414.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 99.00.