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

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 1.58% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd (TASE: CLIS ), which rose 8.43% or 1,350.00 points to trade at 17,360.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Menora Miv Hld (TASE: MMHD ) added 7.50% or 2,050.00 points to end at 29,400.00 and Harel (TASE: HARL ) was up 6.22% or 607.00 points to 10,370.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE: TSEM ), which fell 2.53% or 390.00 points to trade at 15,000.00 at the close. Nova (TASE: NVMI ) declined 1.13% or 1,080.00 points to end at 94,920.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE: NICE ) was down 0.69% or 400.00 points to 57,500.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 312 to 158 and 68 ended unchanged.

Shares in Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd (TASE: CLIS ) rose to all time highs; rising 8.43% or 1,350.00 to 17,360.00. Shares in Menora Miv Hld (TASE: MMHD ) rose to all time highs; rising 7.50% or 2,050.00 to 29,400.00. Shares in Harel (TASE: HARL ) rose to all time highs; rising 6.22% or 607.00 to 10,370.00.

Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.07% or 0.05 to $68.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $70.07 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 3.90 to trade at $3,320.80 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was down 0.74% to 3.32, while EUR/ILS fell 0.83% to 3.89.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 97.22.