The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) was mixed today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index fell 0.27% to 1,459.56 points, the Tel Aviv 100 Index fell 0.19% to 1,267.32 points, but the BlueTech 50 Index rose 0.43% to 330.19 points. Turnover was NIS 455 million.
In the foreign currency market, futures trading pointed to a 0.24% rise in the shekel-dollar representative exchange rate compared with Friday's rate to NIS 3.934/$, and a 0.19% fall in the shekel-euro representative exchange rate to NIS 4.444/€.
In the bond market, the corporate bond benchmark Tel-Bond 20 Index rose 0.29%.
In the stock market, Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG) and its energy exploration and production units again led the Tel Aviv 25 Index market losses. Delek fell 0.91% and Avner Oil and Gas LP (TASE: AVNR.L) and Delek Drilling Limited Partnership (TASE: DEDR.L) fell 2.5% and 2.59% respectively. The latter was the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 25 Index. Isramco Ltd. (Nasdaq: ISRL; TASE: ISRA.L) fell 2.36%.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) fell 0.67% and Israel Chemicals (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) fell 0.25% on the day's biggest trading turnover.
Opko Health Inc. (NYSE: OPK; TASE: OPK) rose 4.76% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 25 Index and Melisron Ltd. (TASE: MLSR) rose 3.14%.
On the Tel Aviv 100 Index, Pluristem Therapeutics Ltd. (Nasdaq:PSTI; TASE: PSTI) fell 9.64% on an arbitrage gap. Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE:CEL; TASE:CEL) fell 2.65% and Partner Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq: PTNR; TASE: PTNR) fell 3.59%.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on February 1, 2015
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