Israel Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Financials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.23% to hit a new all-time high.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were:
– Sapiens International Corporation NV (TASE:SPNS): rose 5.23% or 730.00 points to trade at 14,680.00 at the close.
– Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT): added 3.86% or 1,090.00 points to end at 29,330.00.
– Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM): was up 3.47% or 540.00 points to 16,080.00 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TASE:ENLT): fell 5.91% or 358.00 points to trade at 5,699.00 at the close.
– Energix (TASE:ENRG): declined 4.62% or 61.00 points to end at 1,259.00.
– Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA): was down 4.34% or 302.00 points to 6,650.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 240 to 207, and 92 ended unchanged.

Commodity Prices

Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.63% or 0.45 to $72.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading:
– Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.37% or 0.28 to hit $75.81 a barrel.
– The December Gold Futures contract fell 2.43% or 66.90 to trade at $2,682.80 a troy ounce.

Currency Exchange

• USD/ILS was down 0.14% to 3.74.
• EUR/ILS fell 1.94% to 4.02.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.60% at 104.98.