Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA), which rose 3.65% or 750 points to trade at 21290 at the close. Meanwhile, Partner (TA:PTNR) added 2.89% or 57 points to end at 2028 and Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT) was up 2.23% or 78 points to 3576 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TA:DSCT), which fell 1.64% or 15.0 points to trade at 901.0 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) declined 1.55% or 1290 points to end at 82070 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) was down 1.38% or 89 points to 6351.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 216 to 188 and 97 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 4.21% or 2.03 to $46.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 3.43% or 1.72 to hit $48.40 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.41 to trade at $1295.09 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.08% to 3.5387, while EUR/ILS fell 0.20% to 3.9856.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 96.58.