The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) fell today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index fell 0.98% to 1,563.06 points, the Tel Aviv 100 Index fell 1.13%, to 1,370.92 points and the BlueTech Index fell 1.38%, to 337.65 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index fell 0.16% to 316.19 points. Turnover totaled NIS 1.60 billion.
On the foreign exchange market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel dollar representative rate down 0.178% from yesterday's rate at NIS 3.923/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set up 0.379% at NIS 4.42/€.
On the market, Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG) fell a further 1.08% after yesterday's sharp falls. Delek Drilling Limited Partnership (TASE: DEDR.L) fell 1.08% but sister energy exploration and production company Avner Oil and Gas LP (TASE: AVNR.L) rose 0.53%.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) fell 3.35% on the day's biggest trading turnover and Opko Health Inc. (NYSE: OPK; TASE: OPK) fell 3.57% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 25 index. NICE Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: NICE; TASE: NICE) fell 3.05%, Paz Oil Company Ltd. (TASE:PZOL) fell 2.25%, and Osem Investments Ltd. (controlled by Nestle SA (SWX:NESN)) (TASE: OSEM) fell 2.63%.
Israel Chemicals (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) rose 1.72% and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ) fell 2.07% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 25 Index.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on September 1, 2015
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