The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) rose today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index rose 0.13% to 1,208.84 points, the Tel Aviv 100 Index rose 0.10% to 1,102.02 points, and the TechBlue 50 Index rose 0.07% to 318 points. Turnover was NIS 903.6million.
The TASE rose slightly today, in line with gains on European markets and despite a mixed opening on Wall Street.
In the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative exchange rate at NIS 3.572/$, up 0.28% on Friday's rate, and set the shekel-euro representative exchange rate at NIS 4.769/€, up 0.39%.
In the bond market, long-term Shahar unlinked shekel government bonds and long term Galil CPI-linked government bonds fell. The corporate bond benchmark Tel-Bond 20 Index fell 0.12%.
In the stock market, Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE:CEL; TASE:CEL) rose 3.3%, for the biggest gain among Tel Aviv 25 shares, after publishing its financials. Partner Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq: PTNR; TASE: PTNR) rose 2.1% and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ) rose 1.6% on the day's biggest turnover of NIS 91.4 million.
Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) and Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) fell 0.5% and 0.7%, respectively.
Israel Chemicals Ltd. (TASE: ICL) fell 1.4%, for the biggest loss among Tel Aviv 25 shares.
Elsewhere in the market, Delek Automotive Systems Ltd. (TASE: DLEA) rose 0.9% after announcing a capital gain on the sale of Mobileye shares.
Small-cap Intec Pharma Ltd. (TASE: INTP) rose 9.7%, after announcing a $5 million investment in the company.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on August 19, 2013
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