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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.90%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Shufersal (TASE:SAE), which rose 6.25% or 170.00 points to trade at 2,890.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ashtrom Group Ltd (TASE:ASHG) added 4.60% or 389.00 points to end at 8,849.00 and Airport City Ltd (TASE:ARPT) was up 3.41% or 241.00 points to 7,311.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Liveperson (TASE:LPSN), which fell 2.65% or 190.00 points to trade at 6,967.00 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) declined 1.62% or 57.00 points to end at 3,454.00 and Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) was down 1.02% or 120.00 points to 11,660.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 319 to 175 and 35 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 6.35% or 6.54 to $96.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 6.29% or 6.72 to hit $100.18 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.58% or 31.05 to trade at $1,929.75 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.20% to 3.27, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.04% to 3.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 98.98.