The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) rose today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index rose 0.73% to 1,710.32 points, the Tel Aviv 100 Index rose 0.64%, to 1,476.85 points and the BlueTech Index rose 0.11%, to 357.92 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index fell 0.18%, to 320.96 points. Turnover totaled NIS 1.52 billion.
On the foreign exchange market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel dollar representative rate down 0.841% from yesterday's rate at NIS 3.774/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set 1.203% lower, at NIS 4.164/€.
On the market, Teva continued yesterday's strong gains by rising a further 2.84% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 25 Index on by fat the day's largest trading turnover. Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) rose 2.11% and Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) rose 1.05%.
Other strong gainers included Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ), which rose 1.59%, and NICE Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: NICE; TASE: NICE), which rose 2.43%.
The ongoing uncertainty on the government's natural gas roadmap agreement pushed down Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG) 2.10%. Its energy exploration and production units Avner Oil and Gas LP (TASE: AVNR.L) and Delek Drilling Limited Partnership (TASE: DEDR.L) fell 2.10% and 1.97% respectively. Perrigo Company (NYSE:PRGO; TASE:PRGO) fell 2.48% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 25 Index today.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on July 28, 2015
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