Sun: Teva, Bezeq lift TASE

Teva, Bezeq and Perrigo led the market higher today while NICE and IFF lost ground.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange rose today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index rose 0.71% to 1,567.72 points; the Tel Aviv 125 Index rose 0.63% to 1,427.96 points; and the BlueTech Global Index rose 0.71% to 382.36 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index rose 0.18% to 348.83 points. Trading turnover was NIS 562.4 million.

On the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative rate down 0.573% at NIS 3.641/$ on Friday and set the shekel-euro rate down 0.18% at 4.106/€.

On the market, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) rose 1.60% and Perrigo Company (NYSE:PRGO; TASE:PRGO) rose 1.75%. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ) rose 1.83% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 35 Index. Shufersal Ltd. (TASE:SAE) rose 1.41%, Israel Chemicals (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) rose 0.84% and Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE: ESLT) rose 1.23%. Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT) rose 0.93% and Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) rose 0.04% on the day's biggest trading turnover.

International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) (NYSE: IFF, TASE: IFF) fell 2.02% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 35 Index and NICE Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: NICE; TASE: NICE) fell 1.95%.

Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on February 17, 2019

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