The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange rose today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index rose 0.34%, to 1,423.35 points; the Tel Aviv 125 Index rose 0.21%, to 1,301.73 points; and the BlueTech Global Index rose 0.43%, to 383.29 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index rose 0.17%, to 335.01 points. Turnover totaled NIS 2.1 billion.
For the week, the Tel Aviv 35 Index rose 0.8%. The index is down 3.2% for the year to date.
On the foreign exchange market, the representative shekel-dollar rate was set 0.47% lower, at NIS 3.5760/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set 0.23% lower, at NIS 4.0099/€.
Trading was led by the big two banks, which both reported first quarter results today. Bank Leumi rose 2.72%, and Bank Hapoalim rose 1.59%. Teva corrected slightly from its recent slide, rising 1.18%. Nice Systems rose 2.76%, and Discount Bank rose 1.69%.
Notable advancers were MannKind, up 7.37%, and Mazor Robotics, up 5.6%. Azrieli Group fell 3.66%.
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange launched trading in options on the shares of the Harel insurance company and the telecom companies Partner and Cellcom today.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on May 25, 2017
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