Mon: Insurance stocks drag TASE down

Harel and Phoenix led the declines today as Delek bucked the market.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange fell today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index fell 0.27%, to 1,776.45 points; the Tel Aviv 125 Index fell 0.28%, to 1,772.28 points; but the BlueTech Global Index rose 0.04% to 348.95 points. The All Bond corporate bond index fell 0.07% to 367.20 points. Turnover totaled NIS 1.52 billion in equities and NIS 2.99 billion in bonds.

On the foreign exchange market, the Bank of Israel did not set a new representative shekel-dollar rate today due to the Memorial Day holiday in the US. The representative shekel-dollar rate remains at NIS 3.730/$ as set last Thursday before the Shavuot holiday, and the representative shekel-euro rate remains at NIS 3.999/€.

Insurance stocks were sharply lower today. Harel Insurance Investments and Financial Services Ltd. (TASE: HARL) fell 8.45% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 35 Index today and Israel Phoenix Assurance Ltd. (TASE:PHOE1; PHOE5) fell 3.53%. Real estate stocks also fell sharply today led by Shikun & Binui Holdings Ltd. (TASE: SKBN), which fell 4.89%. OPC Energy (TASE: OPCE) fell 5.31% and ICL (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) fell 1.93%.

Bank Leumi (TASE:LUMI) led the market today, falling 1.03% on the day's biggest trading turnover. Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) fell 0.44% and Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT) fell 1.37%.

Delek Group Ltd. (TASE:DLEKG) rose 4.1% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 35 Index today. Bezeq Israel Telecommunications Company Ltd. (TASE:BZEQ) rose 1.68% and Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Nasdaq: TSEM; TASE:TSEM) rose 1.47%.

Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on May 29, 2023.

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