The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) fell today as the market was spooked by the spate of terrorist stabbings. The Tel Aviv 25 Index fell 0.99% to 1,519.72 points, the Tel Aviv 100 Index fell 0.88%, to 1,325.41 points and the BlueTech Index fell 0.43%, to 327.69 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index rose 0.14%, to 314.35 points. Turnover totaled NIS 953.7 million.
On the foreign exchange market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel dollar representative rate down 0.052% from yesterday's rate at NIS 3.848/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set up 0.3%, at NIS 4.346/€.
In the market, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) rose 2.45% on the day's highest trading volume. Teva was the only share to rise on the Tel Aviv 25 Index today. Perrigo Company (NYSE:PRGO; TASE:PRGO) fell 1.77% and Opko Health Inc. (NYSE: OPK; TASE: OPK) fell 2.24%.
Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG) fell 2.63% and its energy exploration and production units Avner Oil and Gas LP (TASE: AVNR.L) and Delek Drilling Limited Partnership (TASE: DEDR.L) fell 1.63% and 1.02% respectively. Isramco Ltd. (Nasdaq: ISRL; TASE: ISRA.L) fell 2.14%.
The banks were also in negative territory today with Mizrahi Tefahot Bank (TASE:MZTF) down 2.77% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 25 Index. Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) was down 1.17%, Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) was down 0.53%, and Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT) fell 1.38%.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on October 8, 2015
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