The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) fell today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index fell 1.07% to 1,594.18 points, the Tel Aviv 100 Index fell 0.98% to 1,397.37 points, and the BlueTech 50 Index fell 1.80% to 373.02 points. Turnover was NIS 2.5 billion.
The Tel Aviv 25 Index was down 0.4% this week but is up 8.8% since the start of the year.
In the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative exchange rate at NIS 3.944/$, down 0.101% on yesterday's rate, and set the shekel-euro representative exchange rate at NIS 4.341/€, up 0.122%.
In the bond market, the corporate bond benchmark Tel-Bond 20 Index fell 0.13%.
In the stock market, the tensions in Yemen caused big falls on global markets. All the shares on the Tel Aviv 25 Index fell except Paz Oil Company Ltd. (TASE:PZOL), which rose 0.52% and First International Bank of Israel (TASE: FTIN), which rose 0.26%. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) fell 0.04% on the day's biggest trading turnover.
Frutarom Industries Ltd. (TASE: FRUT; LSE:FRUT; OTCBB:FRUTF) fell 3.50% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 25 Index and Israel Chemicals (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) fell 1.16%. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ) fell 0.45% after reporting its fourth quarter financials.
Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) fell 1.72% and Mizrahi Tefahot Bank (TASE:MZTF) fell 1.52%.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on March 26, 2015
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