The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) fell today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index fell 0.21% to 1,417.90 points, the Tel Aviv 100 Index fell 0.36%, to 1,211.20 points and the BlueTech Index fell 0.43% to 283.50 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index fell 0.52% to 305.60 points. Turnover totaled NIS 1.37 billion.
On the foreign exchange market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative rate down 0.077% from yesterday's rate at NIS 3.887/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate up 0.848% at NIS 4.317/€.
On the market, Gazit-Globe Ltd. (NYSE: GZT; TASE: GZT; TSX: GZT) fell 1.83% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 25 Index and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ) fell 1.57%. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) fell 0.99% on the day's biggest trading turnover and Israel Chemicals (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) fell 1.51% after publishing its fourth quarter results. Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG) fell 1.50% on the new that Cyprus had cancelled the tender to buy natural gas from the Leviathan partners.
Opko Health Inc. (NYSE: OPK; TASE: OPK) was up 3.28% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 25 Index and Strauss Group Ltd. (TASE:STRS) rose 1.58%. Paz Oil Company Ltd. (TASE:PZOL) rose 1.47%.
Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) rose 1.20% and Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) rose 0.79%.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on February 9, 2016
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