The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) rose today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index rose 0.32% to 1,422.29 points, the Tel Aviv 100 Index rose 0.35%, to 1,215.46 points but the BlueTech Index fell 0.08% to 283.26 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index fell 0.08% to 305.36 points. Turnover totaled NIS 1.11 billion.
On the foreign exchange market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative rate down 0.412% from yesterday's rate at NIS 3.871/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate down 0.121% at NIS 4.358/€.
On the market, the banks rose today. Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) rose 2.32% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 25 Index. Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) rose 0.16%, Mizrahi Tefahot Bank (TASE:MZTF) rose 1.28%, and Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT) rose 1.39%.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) rose 2.04% on the day's biggest trading turnover and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ) rose 1.09%.
NICE Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: NICE; TASE: NICE) fell 1.61% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 25 index today and Strauss Group Ltd. (TASE:STRS) fell 1.54%.
Israel Chemicals (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) fell 1.47% and parent company Israel Corporation (TASE: ILCO) fell 1.59%.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on February 10, 2016
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