The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange rose today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index rose 0.63%, to 1,517.94 points; the Tel Aviv 100 Index rose 0.60%, to 1,343.78 points; and the BlueTech Index rose 0.75%, to 372.22 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index fell 0.09%, to 324.75 points. Turnover totaled NIS 2 billion.
For the week, the Tel Aviv 25 Index rose 2.2%, making it a 3.6% rise year-to-date.
On the foreign exchange market, the shekel strengthened against the major currencies. The representative shekel-dollar rate was set 0.13% lower, at NIS 3.9930 points, and the shekel-euro rate was set 0.04% lower, at NIS 4.4654/€.
Bank Leumi was today's most heavily traded stock, and made a strong comeback after falling yesterday following its profit warning, with a 2.52% rise. Teva rose 0.99%, Bank Hapoalim fell 0.77%, Bezeq rose 1.35%, and Discount Bank rose 0.68%.
Today's most notable decliner was Africa Israel, which fell 3.07% after warning of a large loss in the fourth quarter of 2014.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on February 26, 2015
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