Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TA:DLEKG), which rose 3.05% or 1720 points to trade at 58030 at the close. Meanwhile, Airport City Ltd (TA:ARPT) added 2.46% or 111 points to end at 4622 and Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TA:DSCT) was up 2.10% or 25.0 points to 1217.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perrigo (TA:PRGO), which fell 2.62% or 430 points to trade at 16010 at the close. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) declined 2.01% or 7.3 points to end at 356.7 and Shufersal (TA:SAE) was down 1.05% or 26 points to 2462.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 248 to 136 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) fell to 5-year lows; losing 2.01% or 7.3 to 356.7.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.47% or 1.23 to $51.01 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.11% or 1.24 to hit $59.96 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 5.45 to trade at $1291.35 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.55% to 3.6751, while EUR/ILS rose 0.05% to 4.2297.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 95.018.