The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange rose today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index rose 0.42% to 1,413.94 points; the Tel Aviv 100 Index rose 0.49%, to 1,226.34 points; and the BlueTech Index rose 1.10% to 326.12 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index rose 0.17% to 318.02 points. Trading turnover was NIS 1.08 billion.
On the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative rate up 0.207% from Friday's rate at NIS 3.879/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set up 0.053% at NIS 4.346/€.
On the market,
Israel Chemicals (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) rose 5.33% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 25 Index today and parent company Israel Corporation (TASE: ILCO) rose 4.62%. Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE: ESLT) rose 2.01% and Strauss Group Ltd. (TASE:STRS) rose 0.95% after reporting its first quarter results.
Melisron Ltd. (TASE: MLSR) rose 3.79% and Azrieli Group Ltd. (TASE: AZRG) rose 3.45%. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) rose 0.95% on the day's biggest trading turnover.
Perrigo Company (NYSE:PRGO; TASE:PRGO) fell 1.71% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 25 Index today and Mylan N.V. (Nasdaq: MYL; TASE: MYL) fell 1.05%.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on May 23, 2016
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