Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the rose 1.97%.
The best performers of the session on the were OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:), which rose 4.73% or 109.00 points to trade at 2,414.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd (TASE:) added 3.98% or 117.00 points to end at 3,056.00 and Israel Discount Bank Ltd (TASE:) was up 3.83% or 71.00 points to 1,924.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:), which fell 1.87% or 1,410.00 points to trade at 74,000.00 at the close. Nova (TASE:) declined 0.49% or 200.00 points to end at 40,500.00 and Newmed Energy LP (TASE:) was up 0.10% or 1.00 points to 1,041.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 352 to 119 and 33 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.04% or 0.78 to $75.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.65% or 0.52 to hit $79.92 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.38% or 26.75 to trade at $1,963.85 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.96% to 3.65, while EUR/ILS rose 0.16% to 4.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.14% at 100.25.
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