Tue: Shufersal jumps, leading TASE gains

Shufersal rose strongly after strong second quarter results as ICL lost ground.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange rose today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index rose 0.17%, to 2.060.25 points, the Tel Aviv 125 Index rose 0.11% to 2,043.65 points; and the BlueTech Global Index rose 0.15% to 413.36 points. The All Bond corporate bond index rose 0.12% to 384.65 points. Turnover totaled NIS 1.68 billion in equities and NIS 2.51 billion in bonds.

On the foreign exchange market, the Bank of Israel set the representative shekel-dollar rate down 0.189% from Monday, at NIS 3.694/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set 0.181% higher at NIS 4.093/€.

Shufersal Ltd. (TASE:SAE) rose 9.66% today for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 35 Index after reporting strong second quarter results. Nova Ltd. (Nasdaq:NVMI; TASE:NVMI) rose 1.51% and Camtek (Nasdaq: CAMT; TASE: CAMT) rose 1.20%. Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE:ESLT) rose 0.69% and NICE Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: NICE; TASE:NICE) rose 0.32%.

Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) led the market today, falling 0.14% on the day's biggest trading turnover. Fattal Holdings (1998) Ltd. (TASE: FTAL) fell 2.24% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 35 Index today. ICL (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) fell 1.32% and parent company Israel Corp. (TASE: ILCO) fell 1.14%.

Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on August 20, 2024.

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