Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 6.70% to hit a new 5-year low.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG), which rose 30.61% or 3190 points to trade at 13610 at the close. Meanwhile, Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TASE:BEZQ) added 3.46% or 7.2 points to end at 215.0 and Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE:SPEN) was up 2.05% or 37 points to 1838 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG), which fell 26.08% or 489 points to trade at 1386 at the close. Nice Ltd (TASE:NICE) declined 16.09% or 8220 points to end at 42880 and Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) was down 11.27% or 734 points to 5776.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 347 to 50 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) fell to all time lows; falling 26.08% or 489 to 1386. Shares in Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) fell to 52-week lows; down 11.27% or 734 to 5776.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 19.10% or 5.22 to $22.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 12.53% or 3.60 to hit $25.13 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 3.12% or 47.65 to trade at $1478.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 1.17% to 3.7700, while EUR/ILS fell 2.62% to 4.0849.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 2.01% at 101.810.