By Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN), which rose 4.13% or 35.30 points to trade at 890.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) added 3.31% or 68.00 points to end at 2,121.00 and Harel (TASE:HARL) was up 2.67% or 92.00 points to 3,534.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT), which fell 2.25% or 690.00 points to trade at 29,960.00 at the close. NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE) declined 1.56% or 1,000.00 points to end at 63,000.00 and Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) was down 1.54% or 670.00 points to 42,780.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 264 to 184 and 92 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.24% or 0.91 to $72.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.35% or 1.04 to hit $76.14 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 6.10 to trade at $2,629.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.18% to 3.77, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.11% to 4.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 102.60.