Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.57% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA), which rose 8.90% or 1560.0 points to trade at 19090.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva (TA:TEVA) added 6.22% or 790 points to end at 13500 and Mylan NV (TA:MYL) was up 4.50% or 670 points to 15560 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which fell 2.48% or 208 points to trade at 8193 at the close. Alony Hetz (TA:ALHE) declined 2.44% or 80 points to end at 3200 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) was down 2.43% or 1780 points to 71400.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 241 to 134 and 66 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sodastream International Ltd (TA:SODA) rose to all time highs; rising 8.90% or 1560.0 to 19090.0.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.36% or 0.19 to $53.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.32% or 0.18 to hit $56.15 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.45 to trade at $1225.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.06% to 3.7506, while EUR/ILS rose 0.04% to 3.9658.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 101.33.