The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) fell today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index fell 0.29% to 1,225.38 points, the Tel Aviv 100 Index fell 0.40% to 1,092.09 points, and the BlueTech 50 Index fell 1.50% to 317.91 points. Turnover was NIS 1.01 billion.
The TASE fell today, despite gains on European markets and a mixed session at the opening on Wall Street.
In the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative exchange rate at NIS 3.687/$, down 0.27% on yesterday's rate, and set the shekel-euro representative exchange rate at NIS 4.973/€, up 0.01%.
In the bond market, both long-term Shahar unlinked shekel government bonds were unchanged and long term Galil CPI-linked government bonds fell by up to 0.5%. The corporate bond benchmark Tel-Bond 20 Index fell 0.25%.
In the stock market, NICE Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: NICE; TASE: NICE) fell 5.4% for the biggest loss among Tel Aviv 25 shares, as investors were disappointed about the company's guidance, but EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. (Nasdaq: EZCH; TASE:EZCH) rose 0.5%, after publishing their financials. Mellanox Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:MLNX; TASE:MLNX) fell 2.9%.
Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ) rose 2.7%, for the biggest gain among Tel Aviv 25 shares, on the day's biggest turnover of NIS 69.7 million.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) rose 0.6%, after filing its F20 financial statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and Perrigo Company (Nasdaq:PRGO; TASE:PRGO) fell 1%.
On the Tel Aviv 100 Index, real estate companies Africa-Israel Investments Ltd. (TASE:AFIL) fell 0.9%, after being hit with a class-action lawsuit, Jerusalem Economy Ltd. (TASE:ECJM) (JEC) fell 4.2% on profit taking, after rising 12% in two days, and Melisron Ltd. (TASE: MLSR) fell 3.5% after announcing a NIS 1 billion sale of two malls.
Prolor Biotech Inc. (AMEX: PBTH; TASE: PBTH) rose 7.9%, after obtaining orphan drug status in Europe for its extended life human growth hormone, and Babylon Ltd. (TASE:BBYL) fell 4.8%, after stating that it had not set a date for its Wall Street offering.
Also on the index, Given Imaging Ltd. (Nasdaq: GIVN; TASE: GIVN) fell 1.5% and LivePerson Inc. (Nasdaq: LPSN); TASE: LPSN) fell 4.9%, but Magic Software Enterprises Ltd. (Nasdaq: MGIC; TASE: MGIC) rose 3.2% after they published their financials.
Elbit Imaging Ltd. (Nasdaq: EMITF; TASE: EMIT) rose 11.4%.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on February 13, 2013
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