The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) rose today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index rose 0.64% to 1,456.15, yet another new record, the Tel Aviv 100 Index rose 0.40% to 1,307.05 points, but the BlueTech 50 Index fell 0.84% to 317.50 points. Turnover was NIS 639.5 million.
The TASE rose today following mixed sessions on European markets and Wall Street on Friday.
In the foreign currency market, futures pointed to a 0.23% rise in the shekel dollar representative rate set by the Bank of Israel on Friday to NIS 3.651/$, and a 0.16% fall in the shekel-euro exchange rate to NIS 4.69/€.
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. (TASE: ICL) led the Tel Aviv 25 Index to a new record with the highest rise of 3.7% on the index on the day's largest trading turnover. Parent company Israel Corporation (TASE: ILCO) rose 2.84%.
There were strong rises for the telecom operators with Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ) up 2.81%, Partner Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq: PTNR; TASE: PTNR) up 1.22%, and Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE:CEL; TASE:CEL) up 0.95%.
Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG) rose 2.3% but Opko Health Inc. (NYSE: OPK; TASE: OPK) was down 1.21% for the largest fall on the Tel Aviv 25 Index.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on September 21, 2014
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