The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) fell today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index fell 0.29% to 1,462.32 points, the Tel Aviv 100 Index fell 0.28% to 1,312.34 points, and the BlueTech 50 Index fell 1.05% to 310.56 points. Turnover was NIS 1.29 billion.
In the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative exchange rate at NIS 3.67/$, up 0.714% on last Thursday's rate, and set the shekel-euro representative exchange rate at NIS 4.606/€, up 0.004%.
In the bond market, both long-term Shahar unlinked shekel government bonds and long term Galil CPI-linked government bonds rose. The corporate bond benchmark Tel-Bond 20 Index rose 0.14%.
In the stock market, Israel Chemicals Ltd. (NYSE: ICL; TASE: ICL) continued to fall and was down 0.8%. Parent company Israel Corporation (TASE: ILCO) fell 1.28% for the largest fall on the Tel Aviv 25 Index. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) fell 0.99%, on the day's largest trading turnover.
However, the mobile carriers bucked the market big time. Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE:CEL; TASE:CEL) rose 2.85% for the largest rise on the Tel Aviv 25 Index. Partner Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq: PTNR; TASE: PTNR) rose 2.06%. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ) was up 0.46%.
Also in positive territory was Gazit-Globe Ltd. (NYSE: GZT; TASE: GZT), which rose 1.47%.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on October 6, 2014
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