The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange rose today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index rose 0.17%, to 1,467.58 points, and the Tel Aviv 100 Index rose 0.14%, to 1,285.55 points. The BlueTech Index fell 0.12%, to 351.43 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index rose 0.17%, to 323.08 points. Turnover totaled NIS 868 million.
The Tel Aviv 25 Index rose 0.1% over the past week. The index has fallen 3.9% so far this year.
On the foreign exchange market, the representative shekel-dollar rate was set 0.40% lower, at NIS 3.7760/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set 0.14% higher, at NIS 4.2781/€.
Teva led trading today, and rose 0.35%. Bank Hapoalim rose 2.19% and Bank Leumi 0.63%. Bezeq rose 1.08%, but the last of today's five leading stocks, Israel Chemicals, fell 2.18%.
Strauss, which reported today, rose 2.23%, and two stocks that are subjects of takeover moves rose strongly: Meitav Dash by 7.11%, and Allot by 3.43%.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on August 18, 2016
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