The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange fell today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index fell 1.73% to 1,413.84 points; the Tel Aviv 100 Index fell 1.72%, to 1,224.58 points; and the BlueTech Index fell 1.51% to 328.04 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index rose 0.13% to 318.48 points. Trading turnover was NIS 607.3 million.
On the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative rate down 0.186% on Thursday before the end of Passover holiday at NIS 3.761/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set up 0.110% at NIS 4.272/€.
On the market, Mylan N.V. (Nasdaq: MYL; TASE: MYL) fell 7.32% for the biggest loss on the Tel Aviv 25 Index today and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) fell 4.33% on the day's biggest trading turnover. Perrigo Company (NYSE:PRGO; TASE:PRGO) fell 3.43% and Opko Health Inc. (NYSE: OPK; TASE: OPK) fell 2.41%.
Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG) fell 1.06% and its energy exploration and production units Avner Oil and Gas LP (TASE: AVNR.L) and Delek Drilling LP (TASE: DEDR.L) fell 1.56% and 2.15% respectively. Israel Chemicals (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) fell 2.54%.
Only three shares on the Tel Aviv 25 Index rose today. Paz Oil Company Ltd. (TASE:PZOL) rose 0.09%, Strauss Group Ltd. (TASE:STRS) rose 0.17% and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ) rose 1.07% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 25 Index today.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on May 1, 2016
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