Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Biomed, Real Estate and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Maytronics (TASE:MTRN), which rose 3.83% or 219 points to trade at 5944 at the close. Meanwhile, Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) added 3.57% or 790 points to end at 22890 and Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) was up 2.38% or 62 points to 2672 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which fell 9.16% or 389 points to trade at 3860 at the close. Nova (TASE:NVMI) declined 1.44% or 370 points to end at 25310 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) was down 1.30% or 4.3 points to 327.4.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 255 to 179 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Phoenix Holdings Ltd (TASE:PHOE1) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.38% or 62 to 2672.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.70% or 0.41 to $58.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.59% or 0.36 to hit $61.58 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 1.30 to trade at $1838.80 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.20% to 3.2546, while EUR/ILS rose 0.34% to 3.9493.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 90.330.