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 1.79%.
The best performers of the session on the were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:), which rose 5.55% or 81.00 points to trade at 1,540.00 at the close. Meanwhile, NICE Ltd (TASE:) added 4.35% or 2,560.00 points to end at 61,420.00 and Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE:) was up 4.09% or 2,900.00 points to 73,800.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Camtek Ltd (TASE:), which fell 2.55% or 900.00 points to trade at 34,400.00 at the close. Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:) declined 1.69% or 76.00 points to end at 4,420.00 and Amot Investments Ltd (TASE:) was down 0.56% or 9.00 points to 1,598.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 332 to 124 and 83 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.97% or 0.76 to $77.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.58% or 0.47 to hit $80.22 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.74% or 18.55 to trade at $2,489.25 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.16% to 3.72, while EUR/ILS rose 0.55% to 4.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 102.18.
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