The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange fell today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index fell 0.45% to 1,452.07 points; the Tel Aviv 100 Index fell 0.52% to 1,267.26 points; and the BlueTech Index fell 0.06% to 342.81 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index rose 0.09% to 323.78 points. Trading turnover was NIS 1.44 billion. The Tel Aviv 25 Index was down 1.1% for the week and has fallen 5% since the start of the year, after rising 4% in 2015.
On the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative rate down 0.312% from yesterday's rate at NIS 3.828/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set up 0.528% at NIS 4.244/€.
On the market, the banks were in negative territory today. Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) fell 1.44% and Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) fell 1.37%. Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT) fell 1.41%, Mizrahi Tefahot Bank (TASE:MZTF) fell 1.39% and First International Bank of Israel (TASE: FTIN) fell 1.52%.
Israel Chemicals (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) fell 3.55% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 25 Index today and parent company Israel Corporation (TASE: ILCO) fell 3.40%. Perrigo Company (NYSE:PRGO; TASE:PRGO) fell 1.40% and Mylan N.V. (Nasdaq: MYL; TASE: MYL) fell 2.18%.
NICE Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: NICE; TASE: NICE) rose 6.23% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 25 Index after reporting positive second quarter financials and raising its guidance for the third quarter. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) rose 0.62% on the day's biggest trading turnover, after the regulator cleared its $40 billion acquisition of Actavis. Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE: ESLT) rose 0.89%.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on July 28, 2016
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