The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) fell today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index fell 0.36% to 1,711.92 points, the Tel Aviv 100 Index fell 0.29%, to 1,478.42 points and the BlueTech Index fell 0.76%, to 355.90 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index fell 0.17%, to 319.74 points. Turnover totaled NIS 1.22 billion.
On the foreign exchange market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel dollar representative rate up 0.292% from yesterday's rate at NIS 3.783/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set up 0.433% at NIS 4.152/€.
On the market, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) rose 2.46% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 25 index on the day's biggest trading turnover. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ) rose 0.28%.
Osem Investments Ltd. (controlled by Nestle SA (SWX:NESN)) (TASE: OSEM) and Strauss Group Ltd. (TASE:STRS) fell 3.17% and 3.16% respectively, for the biggest falls on the Tel Aviv 25 Index.
Israel Chemicals (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) fell 1.94% after the socioeconomic cabinet included the Sheshinski II committee recommendations on royalties for natural resources in the Economic Arrangements bill, and Ormat Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ORA; TASE: ORMT) fell 2.43% after reporting its second quarter financials.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on August 4, 2015
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