The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange was flat today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index was unchanged at 1,568.59 points; the Tel Aviv 125 Index fell 0.15% to 1,426.77 points; and the BlueTech Global Index fell 0.57% to 380.09 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index rose 0.05% to 349.83 points. Trading turnover was NIS 925.6 million.
On the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative rate up 0.304% at NIS 3.631/$ from Monday's rate and set the shekel-euro rate down 0.127% at 4.095/€.
On the market, Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Nasdaq: TSEM; TASE: TSEM) rose 12.88% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 35 Index on the day's largest trading turnover after reporting its fourth quarter results. Airport City Ltd. (TASE:ARPT) rose 1.51% and Amot Investments Ltd. (TASE:AMOT) rose 0.98%. Delek Drilling LP (TASE: DEDR.L) rose 1.04%, Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT) rose 0.46%, and Shufersal Ltd. (TASE:SAE) rose 0.58%.
Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE:CEL; TASE:CEL) fell 5.46% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 35 Index. Partner Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq: PTNR; TASE: PTNR) fell 3.24% and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ) fell 3%. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) fell 1.38% and NICE Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: NICE; TASE: NICE) fell 0.79%.
Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on February 19, 2019
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