Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.36% By Investing.com

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 0.36%.

The best performers of the session on the were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:), which rose 5.33% or 176.00 points to trade at 3,477.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Leumi (TASE:) added 2.47% or 72.00 points to end at 2,982.00 and Harel (TASE:) was up 2.45% or 75.00 points to 3,135.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:), which fell 4.06% or 226.00 points to trade at 5,347.00 at the close. Newmed Energy LP (TASE:) declined 4.05% or 32.30 points to end at 765.00 and Delek Group (TASE:) was down 3.66% or 1,500.00 points to 39,500.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 273 to 210 and 24 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for February delivery was down 4.07% or 3.13 to $73.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 4.03% or 3.31 to hit $78.79 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.87% or 16.15 to trade at $1,862.25 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.04% to 3.52, while EUR/ILS rose 0.59% to 3.74.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 103.95.