Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Biomed , Communication and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.31% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Israel Corp (TASE: ILCO ), which rose 5.24% or 4,760.00 points to trade at 95,530.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Strauss Group (TASE: STRS ) added 4.55% or 312.00 points to end at 7,162.00 and ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE: ICL ) was up 4.26% or 74.00 points to 1,813.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE: ENLT ), which fell 2.19% or 129.00 points to trade at 5,771.00 at the close. Ormat Technologies (TASE: ORA ) declined 2.18% or 640.00 points to end at 28,700.00 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE: SPEN ) was down 1.97% or 56.00 points to 2,785.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 257 to 205 and 76 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.04% or 0.03 to $69.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $73.58 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.45% or 11.91 to trade at $2,679.81 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was unchanged 0.03% to 3.61, while EUR/ILS rose 0.26% to 3.81.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 106.21.