Sun: TASE opens 5785 lower

ICL and Energean led the declines today as NICE and Elbit bucked the market.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange fell today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index fell 0.23%, to 2,088.68 points, the Tel Aviv 125 Index fell 0.35% to 2085.09 points; but the BlueTech Global Index rose 0.13 at 415.89 points. The All Bond corporate bond index fell 0.12% to 385.36 points. Turnover totaled NIS 1.93 billion in equities and NIS 918,900 in bonds.

On the foreign exchange market, the Bank of Israel set the representative shekel-dollar rate up 0.323% last Tuesday, at NIS 3.722/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set 0.65% lower at NIS 4.125/€. Futures trading indicates a strong weakening of the shekel following the Iranian missile attack, with shekel-dollar rate up 2.47% at NIS 3.814/$, and the shekel-euro rate 1.47% higher at NIS 4.186/€.

On the market, Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) fell 1.46% and Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) fell 1.40%. Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT) fell 2% and Mizrahi Tefahot Bank fell 2.24%.

Energean plc (LSE: ENOG; TASE: ENOG) fell 3.33% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 35 Index today. ICL (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) fell 2.44% and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA fell 0.84%.

Camtek (Nasdaq: CAMT; TASE: CAMT) rose 4.77% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 35 Index today. NICE Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: NICE; TASE:NICE) 3.28%, Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE:ESLT) rose 1.76% and Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Nasdaq: TSEM; TASE:TSEM) rose 2.94%.

Outside of the Tel Aviv 35 Index, Alony Hetz (TASE: ALHE) rose 9.74% on the day's biggest trading turnover, after Aaron Frenkel invested NIS 800 million in the company for a 12% stake, and El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. (TASE:ELAL) rose 4.63%.

Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on October 6, 2024.

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