The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange fell today as global markets fell and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned on Israel's imminent fifth Covid wave. The Tel Aviv 35 Index fell 1.43%, to 1,872.70 points; the Tel Aviv 125 Index fell 1.74%, to 1,947.66 points; and the BlueTech Global Index fell 1.57% to 527.32 points. The All Bond corporate bond index fell 0.22% to 395.78 points. Turnover totaled NIS 2.48 billion in equities and NIS 3.78 billion in bonds.
On the foreign exchange market, the Bank of Israel set the representative shekel-dollar rate up 1.188% from Friday, at NIS 3.152/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set 0.655% higher at NIS 3.552/€.
On the market, ICL (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) was down 3.98% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 35 Index today. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) fell 2.54%, Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE:ESLT) fell 1.93% and Azrieli Group (TASE: AZRG) fell 3.57%.
Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) fell 2.11% on the biggest trading turnover today. <href="http://www.bankleumi.co.il/english/english.shtml" target="new">Bank Leumi (TASE:LUMI) fell 0.77%, Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT) fell 1.36%, and Mizrahi Tefahot Bank (TASE:MZTF) fell 1.93%.
Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (Nasdaq:NVMI; TASE:NVMI) rose 0.98% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 35 Index today and LivePerson Inc. (Nasdaq: LPSN; Nasdaq: LPSN) rose 0.79%. Opko Health Inc. (NYSE: OPK; TASE: OPK) rose 0.95% and NICE-Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: NICE; TASE:NICE) rose 0.19%.
Outside of the Tel Aviv 35 Index, Delek Group Ltd. (TASE:DLEKG) fell 6.17%.
Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on December 20, 2021.
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