Sun: TASE opens week higher

Bezeq and the banks rose strongly but Delek and energy stocks were down.

Shares on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange rose today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index rose 1.30%, to 1,443.12 points; the Tel Aviv 125 Index rose 1.16%, to 1,422.78 points; and the BlueTech Global Index rose 1.39%, to 437.35 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index fell 0.08%, to 357.73 points. Turnover totaled NIS 812.3 million in equities and NIS 2.06 billion in bonds.

On the foreign exchange market, the Bank of Israel set the representative shekel-dollar rate 0.427% higher on Friday, at NIS 3.529/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set 0.445% lower, at NIS 3.846/€.

On the market, Alony Hetz Property and Investments Ltd. (TASE: ALHE) rose 6.06% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 35 Index. Amot Investments Ltd. (TASE:AMOT) rose 5.33% and Airport City Ltd. (TASE:ARPT) rose 2.17% on the day's biggest trading turnover. Azrieli Group Ltd. (TASE: AZRG) rose 2.95% and Melisron Ltd. (TASE: MLSR) rose 2.51%.

Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ) rose 4.4%, NICE Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: NICE; TASE: NICE) rose 2.13% and Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE: ESLT) rose 1.28%. Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) rose 2.58% and Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) rose 0.65%.

Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG) fell 5.70% and its energy exploration and production unit Delek Drilling LP (TASE: DEDR.L) fell 2.39%. Energean Oil & Gas plc (LSE: ENOG; TASE: ENOG) fell 2.50% and Opko Health Inc. (NYSE: OPK; TASE: OPK) fell 5.71% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 35 Index today.

Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on May 24, 2020

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