The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) was mixed today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index rose 0.21% to 1,230.55 points, the Tel Aviv 100 Index rose 0.11% to 1,117.99 points, but the BlueTech 50 Index fell 1.02% to 267.26 points. Turnover was NIS 923,240.
The TASE seesawed today, falling because of the protests for Naksa day but recovering losses before the close. In the bond market, long-term Shahar unlinked government rose by up to 0.1%, and long-term Galil CPI-linked bonds rose by up to 0.2%. The corporate bond benchmark Tel-Bond 20 Index fell 0.1%.
In the stock market, the gas and oil exploration sector had a positive day. Isramco Ltd. (Nasdaq:ISRL; TASE:ISRA.L) rose by 4.2%.
Discount Investment Corporation Ltd. (TASE:DISI), which completed the acquisition of daily newspaper "Maariv" on Thursday, fell 1.8%.
Discount Investment Corp. subsidiary Koor Industries Ltd. (TASE:KOR) rose 1.8% after appealing to the Tel Aviv District Court against its ruling that the owners of Makhteshim Agan Industries Ltd. (TASE: MAIN) are not entitled to preferential conditions on the sale to ChemChina. Makhteshim's share price fell 0.9%.
Israel Land Development Company (TASE: ILDC) rose 7.6% while Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) fell 0.7% on the day's largest turnover.
Elbit Imaging Ltd. (Nasdaq:EMITF; TASE:EMIT) rose 5.8% following a soothing statement by controlling shareholder Motti Zisser.
Published by Globes, Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on June 5, 2011
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