The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) rose today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index rose 0.21% to 1,529.78 points, the Tel Aviv 100 Index rose 0.11% to 1,356.85 points, but the BlueTech 50 Index fell 0.19% to 374.30 points. Turnover was NIS 1.2 billion.
The Tel Aviv 25 Index rose 0.8% on a short trading week. The market is closed tomorrow for the Purim holiday.
In the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative exchange rate at NIS 3.984/$, down 0.075% on yesterday's rate, and set the shekel-euro representative exchange rate at NIS 4.74/€, down 0.474%.
In the bond market, the corporate bond benchmark Tel-Bond 20 Index fell 0.04%.
In the stock market, Opko Health Inc. (NYSE: OPK; TASE: OPK) rose 1.65% and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ) rose 1.68%. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) rose 0.09% on the day's largest trading turnover.
Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG) rose 0.39% and its gas exploration and production units Avner Oil and Gas LP (TASE: AVNR.L) and Delek Drilling Limited Partnership (TASE: DEDR.L) rose 0.76% and 1.98% respectively, the latter the largest rise on the Tel Aviv 25 index. Isramco Ltd. (Nasdaq: ISRL; TASE: ISRA.L) rose 1.67%.
Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) fell 1.86% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 25 Index.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on March 4, 2015
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