Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Technology and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.56% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which rose 9.01% or 2200 points to trade at 26610 at the close. Meanwhile, Mylan NV (TA:MYL) added 2.30% or 310 points to end at 13770 and Teva (TA:TEVA) was up 1.88% or 210 points to 11370 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT), which fell 2.39% or 119 points to trade at 4860 at the close. Amot Investments Ltd (TA:AMOT) declined 1.53% or 27 points to end at 1735 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM) was down 1.52% or 123 points to 7990.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 228 to 175 and 99 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.79% or 0.39 to $49.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.25% or 0.13 to hit $52.70 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.55 to trade at $1264.65 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.05% to 3.6412, while EUR/ILS fell 0.43% to 3.9599.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 99.03.