Tue: Buoyant Leumi fails to breathe life into flat TASE

Bank Leumi, Bezeq and Frutarom led today's gains as Opko led the declines.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange rose today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index rose 0.01% to 1,388.68 points; the Tel Aviv 125 Index rose 0.05% to 1,258.57 points; and the BlueTech Global Index rose 0.19% to 346.74 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index rose 0.13% to 335.93 points. Trading turnover was NIS 1.18 billion.

On the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative rate today up 0.167% at NIS 3.605/$ from Monday's rate and set the shekel-euro rate down 0.270% at 4.215/€.

On the market, Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) rose 3.11% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 35 Index on the day's highest turnover after publishing good financial results. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ) rose 2.70% and Frutarom Industries Ltd. (TASE: FRUT; LSE:FRUT; OTCBB:FRUTF) rose 2.68%.Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) rose 1.08% and Mizrahi Tefahot Bank (TASE:MZTF) rose 1.89%.

Opko Health Inc. (NYSE: OPK; TASE: OPK) fell 2.76% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 35 index. Sodastream International Ltd. (TASE: SODA; Nasdaq: SODA) fell 2.76% and Strauss Group Ltd. (TASE:STRS) fell 1.44%.Israel Chemicals (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) fell 1.16% and parent company Israel Corporation (TASE: ILCO) fell 2.22%.

Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on August 15, 2017

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