Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Communication, Real Estate and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 added 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 6.77% or 6270 points to trade at 98900 at the close. Meanwhile, ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) added 6.33% or 128 points to end at 2149 and Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) was up 5.52% or 40.0 points to 765.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva (TA:TEVA), which fell 3.88% or 890 points to trade at 22050 at the close. Nice (TA:NICE) declined 2.57% or 560 points to end at 21200 and Perrigo (TA:PRGO) was down 2.48% or 1550 points to 61000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 163 to 134 and 146 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.35% or 0.63 to $46.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.74% or 0.37 to hit $49.32 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.94% or 10.90 to trade at $1176.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.30% to 3.8548, while EUR/ILS rose 0.20% to 4.4082.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.51% at 94.32.