The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) fell today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index fell 0.80% to 1,630.75 points, the Tel Aviv 100 Index fell 0.63% to 1,424.16 points, and the BlueTech 50 Index fell 1.25% to 366.35 points. Turnover was NIS 1 billion.
In the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative exchange rate at NIS 3.879/$, down 0.283% on yesterday's rate, and set the shekel-euro representative exchange rate at NIS 4.316/€, down 0.328%.
In the bond market, the corporate bond benchmark Tel-Bond 20 Index fell 0.33%.
In the stock market, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) fell 1.12%, Perrigo Company (NYSE:PRGO; TASE:PRGO) fell 0.21% and Opko Health Inc. (NYSE: OPK; TASE: OPK) fell 2.58%. Israel Chemicals (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) fell 1.24%.
Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG) fell 1.43% and its energy production units Avner Oil and Gas LP (TASE: AVNR.L) and Delek Drilling Limited Partnership (TASE: DEDR.L) fell 1.23% and 2.23% respectively.
Melisron Ltd. (TASE: MLSR) rose 2.21% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 25 Index and Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) rose 0.80% on the day's largest trading turnover. Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) rose 0.90% and Mizrahi Tefahot Bank (TASE:MZTF) rose 0.80% but Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT) fell 0.91%.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on May 5, 2015
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