Wed: TASE edges higher as NICE jumps

NICE and Tower led the market higher today as Harel led the declines.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange rose today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index rose 0.23%, to 1,841.57 points; the Tel Aviv 125 Index rose 0.09% to 1,876.61 points; and the BlueTech Global Index rose 0.38% to 394.36 points. The All Bond corporate bond index rose 0.14% to 378.66 points. Turnover totaled NIS 1.52 billion in equities and NIS 5.39 billion in bonds.

On the foreign exchange market, the Bank of Israel set the representative shekel-dollar rate up 0.082% from Tuesday, at NIS 3.648/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set 0.365% higher at NIS 3.927/€.

NICE Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: NICE; TASE:NICE) rose 4% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 35 Index. Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Nasdaq: TSEM; TASE:TSEM) rose 2.21% and Enlight Renewable Energy (TASE: ENLT; Nasdaq: ENLT) rose 3.40%. Energean plc (LSE: ENOG; TASE: ENOG) rose 2.12%, Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) rose 0.46%, and Ormat Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ORA; TASE: ORA) rose 0.84%.

Bank Leumi (TASE:LUMI) led the market today, falling 1.59% on the day's biggest trading turnover, and Mizrahi Tefahot Bank (TASE: MZTF) fell 0.59%. Harel Insurance Investments and Financial Services Ltd. (TASE: HARL) fell 2.3% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 35 Index and Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE:ESLT) fell 1.32%.

Outside of the Tel Aviv 35 Index, Shufersal Ltd. (TASE:SAE)> rose a further 1.78% after rising 11.28% yesterday, following a higher bid by Zwi Williger than the Amir brothers to buy a 24.9% controlling stake in the supermarket chain.

Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on February 7, 2024.

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