The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) fell today as global markets were spooked by Russia-Turkey tensions over the Syrian conflict and the downing of a Russian fighter jet. The Tel Aviv 25 Index fell 0.72% to 1,562.28 points, the Tel Aviv 100 Index fell 0.99%, to 1,343.81 points and the BlueTech Index fell 0.79%, to 341.12 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index rose 0.03%, to 314.86 points. Turnover totaled NIS 1.57 billion.
On the foreign exchange market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel dollar representative rate up 0.334% from yesterday's rate at NIS 3.905/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set down 0.338%, at NIS 4.164/€.
In the market, Perrigo Company (NYSE:PRGO; TASE:PRGO) fell 4.94% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 25 Index on the day's biggest trading turnover. Mylan N.V.'s (Nasdaq: MYL; TASE: MYL) fell 3.60%, Opko Health Inc. (NYSE: OPK; TASE: OPK) fell 1.44%, and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) fell 0.99%.
Israel Chemicals (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL), fell 1.80%, Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG) fell 1.43%, and Melisron Ltd. (TASE: MLSR) fell 1.75%.
Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE: ESLT) rose 1.89% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 25 Index today. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank (TASE:MZTF) rose 1.30% and Ormat Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ORA; TASE: ORMT) rose 1.36%.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on November 24, 2015
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