The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange fell again today, in line with the trend on world markets after indications from the US Federal reserve Board that its quantitative easing program was coming to an end. The Tel Aviv 25 Index fell 0.99%, to 1,211.77 points; the Tel Aviv 100 Index fell 1.12%, to 1,087.60 points; and the BlueTech 50 Index fell 1.16%, to 302.13 points. The Tel Bond 20 corporate bond benchmark index fell 0.67%, to 302.42. Market turnover was NIS 1.3 billion.
On the foreign exchange market, the shekel-dollar representative exchange rate rose 0.974%, to NIS 3.63/$, and the shekel-euro representative rate fell 0.501%, to NIS 4.7904/€.
The most notable decliners were Ratio, down 7.1%, and Bezeq, down 4.82%. The day's largest turnover was in Bank Hapoalim, which fell 2.65%. Against the trend, Israel Corp. rose 1.23%, and Israel Chemicals rose 0.27%.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on June 20, 2013
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