The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) rose today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index rose 0.70% to 1,679.46 points, the Tel Aviv 100 Index rose 0.63% to 1,466.51 points, and the BlueTech 50 Index rose 1.22% to 381.74 points. Turnover was NIS 1.57 billion.
In the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative exchange rate at NIS 3.925/$, down 0.102% on last Friday's rate, and set the shekel-euro representative exchange rate at NIS 4.217/€, down 0.610%.
In the bond market, the corporate bond benchmark Tel-Bond 20 Index rose 0.11%.
In the stock market, Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) rose 3.54% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 25 Index and Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) rose 1.95% after the Supervisor of Banks gave permission for it to distribute a dividend of 20% on profits, up from 15% last year.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) rose 0.60% on the day's highest trading volume and Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG) rose 2.66%. Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE: ESLT) rose 2.44% and Ormat Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ORA; TASE: ORMT) rose 2.86%.
Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ) fell 1.17%, Israel Chemicals (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) fell 1.51%, and Paz Oil Company Ltd. (TASE:PZOL) fell 2.64% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 25 Index.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on April 20, 2015
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