Wed: Teva, Israel Chemicals lead TASE higher

Most stocks on the Tel Aviv 35 Index rose strongly today but Sodastream fell sharply.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange rose today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index rose 0.85% to 1,476.20 points; the Tel Aviv 125 Index rose 0.64% to 1,333.70 points; and the BlueTech Global Index rose 0.17% to 353.26 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index rose 0.17% to 353.26 points. Trading turnover was NIS 1.11 billion.

On the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative rate down 0.166% from yesterday's exchange rate at NIS 3.610/$ and set the shekel-euro rate down 0.409% at 4.331/€.

On the market, Israel Chemicals (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) rose 3.31% on the day's biggest trading turnover and parent company Israel Corporation (TASE: ILCO) rose 2.86%. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) rose 1.53% and Opko Health Inc. (NYSE: OPK; TASE: OPK) rose 3.72%. Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE:CEL; TASE:CEL) rose 6.81% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 35 index today and Partner Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq: PTNR; TASE: PTNR) rose 3.01%. Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Nasdaq: TSEM; TASE: TSEM) rose 2.93%.

Sodastream International Ltd. (Nasdaq: SODA; TASE: SODA) fell 3.89% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 35 Index and Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE: ESLT) fell 1.19%.

Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on May 2, 2018

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