Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Insurance and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 1.64%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Leumi (TASE:LUMI), which rose 0.59% or 18.00 points to trade at 3,060.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TASE:TSEM) fell 0.28% or 40.00 points to end at 14,440.00 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) was down 0.42% or 50.00 points to 11,720.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK), which fell 7.25% or 33.30 points to trade at 426.00 at the close. Electra Ltd (TASE:ELTR) declined 4.60% or 8,480.00 points to end at 176,010.00 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) was down 4.10% or 112.00 points to 2,620.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 371 to 109 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.54% or 0.43 to $80.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.17% or 0.15 to hit $86.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 3.70 to trade at $1,939.10 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.59% to 3.38, while EUR/ILS rose 0.78% to 3.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 101.60.