The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) fell today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index fell 0.12% to 1,457.80 points, the Tel Aviv 100 Index fell 0.13% to 1,306.89 points, and the BlueTech 50 Index fell 0.24% to 312.56 points. Turnover was NIS 1.17 billion.
In the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative exchange rate at NIS 3.686/$, up 0.765% on last Tuesday's rate before the Rosh Hashanah Jewish New Year holiday, and set the shekel-euro representative exchange rate at NIS 4.682/€, down 0.654%.
In the bond market, both long-term Shahar unlinked shekel government bonds and long term Galil CPI-linked government bonds fell. The corporate bond benchmark Tel-Bond 20 Index fell 0.02%.
In the stock market, Israel Chemicals Ltd. (NYSE: ICL; TASE: ICL) fell 1.5% on the day's largest trading turnover, following yesterday's sharp fall. Parent company Israel Corporation (TASE: ILCO) fell 0.72%.
It was a bad day again for telecom operators. Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE:CEL; TASE:CEL) fell 2.23% for the largest fall on the Tel Aviv 25 Index. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ) and Partner Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq: PTNR; TASE: PTNR) fell 1.85% and 2.01% respectively.
On the positive side, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) rose 1.58% after yesterday's strong rise, and Paz Oil Company Ltd. (TASE:PZOL) rose 2.46% for the largest rise on the Tel Aviv 25 Index.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on September 29, 2014
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