The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange was flat today on thin trading. The Tel Aviv 25 Index rose 0.02% to 1,439.53 points; the Tel Aviv 100 Index rose 0.03% to 1,262.16 points; and the BlueTech Index rose 0.08% to 354.93 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index fell 0.12% to 319.95 points. Trading turnover was NIS 914.2 million.
On the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative rate up 0.053% from yesterday's rate at NIS 3.778/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set down 0.301% at NIS 4.211/€.
On the market, Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE:CEL; TASE:CEL) rose 3.80% on news that it had concluded a network sharing deal with Golan Telecom's suitors. Opko Health Inc. (NYSE: OPK; TASE: OPK) rose 1.78% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 25 index. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank (TASE:MZTF) rose 1.29% after raising a bond and Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) rose 0.99% on the day's biggest trading turnover and NICE Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: NICE; TASE: NICE) rose 0.93%.
Israel Chemicals (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) fell 1.44% and parent company Israel Corporation (TASE: ILCO) fell 2.38% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 25 index.
Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG) fell 1.38%, Paz Oil Company Ltd. (TASE:PZOL) fell 1.22% and Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE: ESLT) fell 1.01%. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) fell 0.26%.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on September 21, 2016
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