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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL), which rose 6.83% or 239.00 points to trade at 3,740.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) added 6.75% or 10,900.00 points to end at 172,400.00 and Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) was up 2.03% or 175.00 points to 8,780.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nova (TASE:NVMI), which fell 6.06% or 2,150.00 points to trade at 33,350.00 at the close. Maytronics (TASE:MTRN) declined 3.51% or 236.00 points to end at 6,491.00 and Liveperson (TASE:LPSN) was down 3.28% or 246.00 points to 7,245.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 339 to 157 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 6.83% or 239.00 to 3,740.00. Shares in Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 6.75% or 10,900.00 to 172,400.00.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 6.84% or 7.36 to $115.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 6.85% or 7.57 to hit $118.03 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.98% or 38.40 to trade at $1,974.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.89% to 3.27, while EUR/ILS fell 0.38% to 3.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.72% at 98.50.
