Mon: Perrigo leads market down

Perrigo and Bank Leumi fell sharply today as Shufersal and Israel Corp. bucked the market.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange fell today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index fell 0.44% to 1,580.37 points; the Tel Aviv 125 Index fell 0.40% to 1,413.47 points; and the BlueTech Global Index fell 0.39% to 372.28 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index fell 0.10% to 348.12 points. Trading turnover was NIS 1.04 billion.

On the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative rate up 0.406% at NIS 3.709/$ from Friday's rate and set the shekel-euro rate down 0.279% at 4.225/€.

On the market,Perrigo Company (NYSE:PRGO; TASE:PRGO) fell 3.56% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 35 index and Mazor Robotics Ltd. (TASE:MZOR) fell 2.06%. Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) fell 1.64% and Mizrahi Tefahot Bank (TASE:MZTF) fell 1.38%.

Israel Corporation (TASE: ILCO) rose 1.7% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 35 Index today. Shufersal Ltd. (TASE:SAE) rose 1.69% after reporting its second quarter financials. NICE Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: NICE; TASE: NICE) rose 0.92% on the day's biggest trading turnover.

Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on August 13, 2018

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