The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange rose today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index rose 0.94% to 1,427.11 points; the Tel Aviv 100 Index rose 0.76%, to 1,233.92 points; but the BlueTech Index fell 0.36% to 326.86 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index fell 0.18% to 317.91 points. Trading turnover was NIS 1.06 billion.
On the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative rate down 0.399% from Thursday's rate at NIS 3.746/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set up 0.705% at NIS 4.302/€.
On the market, Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ) rose 3.04% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 25 index. The banks rose strongly today. Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) rose 2.43% and Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) rose 1.78%. Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT) was up 2.74%, Mizrahi Tefahot Bank (TASE:MZTF) rose 1.25%, and First International Bank of Israel (TASE: FTIN) rose 2.38%. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) was unchanged on the day's highest trading turnover.
Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG) rose 2.13% and its energy exploration and production units Avner Oil and Gas LP (TASE: AVNR.L) and Delek Drilling LP (TASE: DEDR.L) rose 2.26% and 1.88% respectively.
Israel Chemicals (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) fell 3.71% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 25 index today and parent company Israel Corporation (TASE: ILCO) fell 3.12%. Opko Health Inc. (NYSE: OPK; TASE: OPK) fell 3.21%.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on May 2, 2016
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