Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking, and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 1.94%.
The best performers on the TA 35 were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM), which rose 10.75% to 77,650.00. Nova (TASE:NVMI) added 4.84% to 143,840.00, and Mega Or (TASE:MGOR) was up 3.29% to 62,180.00.
The worst performers were Azrieli Group Ltd (TASE:AZRG), which fell 4.39% to 44,850.00. NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE) declined 3.05% to 26,730.00, and Migdal Insurance (TASE:MGDL) was down 2.76% to 1,903.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 242 to 239, with 70 unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery fell 3.60% to $100.62 a barrel. Brent oil for July delivery dropped 4.46% to $107.10, while gold futures decreased 0.56% to $4,532.70.
USD/ILS fell 0.44% to 2.90, and EUR/ILS decreased 0.29% to 3.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 99.08.
