Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,303.10	+8.60	0.06%
S&P 500	1,649.60	-0.91	-0.06%
Nasdaq	3,459.14	-0.27	-0.01%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,303.10

+8.60

0.06%

S&P 500

1,649.60

-0.91

-0.06%

Nasdaq

3,459.14

-0.27

-0.01%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,764.29	-12.49	-0.45%
FTSE 100	6,654.34	-42.45	-0.63%
DAX	8,305.32	-46.66	-0.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,764.29

-12.49

-0.45%

FTSE 100

6,654.34

-42.45

-0.63%

DAX

8,305.32

-46.66

-0.56%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	14,612.50	+128.47	0.89%
Hang Seng	22,618.70	-51.01	-0.23%
S&P/ASX 200	4,983.50	-78.95	-1.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

14,612.50

+128.47

0.89%

Hang Seng

22,618.70

-51.01

-0.23%

S&P/ASX 200

4,983.50

-78.95

-1.56%

Israel Chemicals Gains Most in Two Weeks on Corn, Wheat Prices

By Shoshanna Solomon - 2012-02-19T10:17:59Z

Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL), the company that extracts minerals from the Dead Sea to make fertilizer and potash, advanced the most in two weeks on speculation price rises in corn and wheat will fuel demand for fertilizers.

The shares increased 2.2 percent, the biggest intraday gain since Feb. 5, to 39.85 shekels at 11:48 a.m. in Tel Aviv. Israel’s benchmark TA-25 Index (TA-25) was up 0.8 percent.

“ICL is rising because the price of corn, wheat and soy rose last week,” analyst Ilanit Sherf at Psagot Investment House Ltd. in Tel Aviv said today by phone. “The price rises indicate that farmers will be willing to buy more fertilizers and pay more for them.”

In the week ended Feb. 17, corn and wheat for May delivery rose 1.5 percent and soybeans for May delivery advanced 2.9 percent.

Shares of Israel Corp. (ILCO), which holds a 52.30 percent stake in Israel Chemicals according to data compiled by Bloomberg, advanced 1.7 percent to 2,317 shekels, headed for the biggest gain since Feb. 2.

To contact the reporter on this story: Shoshanna Solomon in Tel Aviv at ssolomon22@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Claudia Maedler at cmaedler@bloomberg.net

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