The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) fell today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index fell 1% to 1,690.72 points, the Tel Aviv 100 Index fell 0.91% to 1,465.09 points, and the BlueTech 50 Index fell 0.82% to 372.73 points. Turnover was NIS 1.3 billion.
In the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative exchange rate at NIS 3.875/$, up 0.052% on yesterday's rate, and set the shekel-euro representative exchange rate at NIS 4.232/€, down 2.103%.
In the bond market, the corporate bond benchmark Tel-Bond 20 Index fell 0.17%.
In the stock market, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) fell 1.39% on the day's biggest trading turnover, and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ) fell 2.84% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 25 Index. Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) fell 1.94% and Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) fell 1.87%. Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG) was down 1.19% and Ormat Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ORA; TASE: ORMT) fell 2.10%.
After losing ground yesterday, Gazit-Globe Ltd. (NYSE: GZT; TASE: GZT; TSX: GZT) rose 2.32% for the biggest gain today on the Tel Aviv 25 Index. Frutarom Industries Ltd. (TASE: FRUT; LSE:FRUT; OTCBB:FRUTF) rose 1.63%, Azrieli Group Ltd. (TASE: AZRG) rose 1.13%, and Israel Chemicals (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) rose 1.01%.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on May 26, 2015
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