Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 0.93% 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 0.93%.

The best performers of the session on the were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:), which rose 4.38% or 65.00 points to trade at 1,550.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Camtek Ltd (TASE:) added 4.24% or 1,190.00 points to end at 29,270.00 and Israel Corp (TASE:) was up 4.20% or 3,130.00 points to 77,660.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Newmed Energy LP (TASE:), which fell 1.03% or 9.80 points to trade at 945.20 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:) declined 0.73% or 49.00 points to end at 6,635.00 and Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE:) was down 0.47% or 28.00 points to 5,970.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 268 to 175 and 96 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.36% or 0.97 to $70.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.99% or 0.74 to hit $73.73 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 5.15 to trade at $2,682.15 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.21% to 3.74, while EUR/ILS fell 0.36% to 4.18.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 100.32.