Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Strauss Group (TA:STRS), which rose 3.07% or 199 points to trade at 6683 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 2.69% or 77 points to end at 2940 and Poalim (TA:POLI) was up 2.34% or 54 points to 2359 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which fell 1.66% or 1130 points to trade at 66910 at the close. Partner (TA:PTNR) declined 1.35% or 31 points to end at 2260 and Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) was down 1.31% or 50 points to 3775.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 209 to 178 and 57 ended unchanged.
Shares in Strauss Group (TA:STRS) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.07% or 199 to 6683.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.28% or 0.68 to $52.46 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.09% or 0.61 to hit $55.31 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.69% or 8.35 to trade at $1207.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.36% to 3.6900, while EUR/ILS rose 0.25% to 3.8948.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 102.02.