The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) fell today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index fell 0.23% to 1,686.78 points, the Tel Aviv 100 Index fell 0.26% to 1,461.26 points, and the BlueTech 50 Index fell 0.51% to 370.82 points. Turnover was NIS 1.32 billion.
In the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative exchange rate unchanged from yesterday's rate at NIS 3.875/$, and set the shekel-euro representative exchange rate at NIS 4.216/€, down 0.388%.
In the bond market, the corporate bond benchmark Tel-Bond 20 Index fell 0.06%.
In the stock market, Perrigo Company (NYSE:PRGO; TASE:PRGO) fell 1.34% and Azrieli Group Ltd. (TASE: AZRG) fell 1.06% on the day's biggest trading turnover.
Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG) fell 1.29% after reporting its first quarter financials and its energy units Avner Oil and Gas LP (TASE: AVNR.L) and Delek Drilling Limited Partnership (TASE: DEDR.L) fell 1.10% and 1.85% respectively, the latter being the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 25 Index. However, Isramco Ltd. (Nasdaq: ISRL; TASE: ISRA.L) rose 1.68%.
It was a good day for the banks with Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) up 2.05% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 25 Index and Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) up 1.97%. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank (TASE:MZTF) rose 0.88%.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on May 27, 2015
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