Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Banking and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 2.88%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF), which rose 10.11% or 653 points to trade at 7115 at the close. Meanwhile, Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TASE:FATTAL) added 8.72% or 1300 points to end at 16200 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) was up 8.28% or 26.0 points to 340.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN), which fell 3.57% or 75 points to trade at 2026 at the close. Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) declined 2.44% or 198 points to end at 7902 and Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) was down 2.01% or 570 points to 27760.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 277 to 116 and 28 ended unchanged.
Shares in Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) fell to 5-year lows; down 2.01% or 570 to 27760.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.09% or 0.43 to $39.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.67% or 0.69 to hit $41.96 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.08% or 19.45 to trade at $1781.05 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.40% to 3.4486, while EUR/ILS fell 0.19% to 3.8814.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 97.105.