Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Real Estate and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which rose 8.63% or 440.00 points to trade at 5,539.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) added 3.96% or 2,730.00 points to end at 71,710.00 and OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) was up 3.85% or 35.40 points to 954.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Maytronics (TASE:MTRN), which fell 5.37% or 267.00 points to trade at 4,703.00 at the close. Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG) declined 3.64% or 1,520.00 points to end at 40,250.00 and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA) was down 3.28% or 90.00 points to 2,656.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 261 to 207 and 46 ended unchanged.
Shares in Maytronics (TASE:MTRN) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.37% or 267.00 to 4,703.00.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.67% or 2.66 to $96.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.71% or 2.79 to hit $99.98 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.74% or 30.70 to trade at $1,733.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.33% to 3.50, while EUR/ILS fell 1.23% to 3.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.60% at 106.96.