Sodastream and Teva led the market higher today, Mazor led the declines.
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange rose today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index rose 1.18% to 1,613.24 points; the Tel Aviv 125 Index rose 1.19% to 1,445.12 points; and the BlueTech Global Index rose 1.25% to 382.61 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index rose 0.15% to 349.07 points. Trading turnover was NIS 1.08 billion.
On the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative rate down 0.191% at NIS 3.662/$ from Friday's rate and set the shekel-euro rate up 0.031% at 4.180/€.
On the market, Sodastream International Ltd. (Nasdaq: SODA; TASE: SODA) rose 8.74% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 35 Index on the news that it is being acquired by PepsiCo for $3.2 billion. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) rose 4.46% and Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) rose 1.40% on the day's biggest trading turnover. Partner Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq: PTNR; TASE: PTNR) rose 6.40% and Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE:CEL; TASE:CEL) rose 3.25%.
Mazor Robotics Ltd. (TASE:MZOR) fell 2.45% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 35 Index. Opko Health Inc. (NYSE: OPK; TASE: OPK) fell 0.73% and Delek Drilling LP (TASE: DEDR.L) fell 0.71%.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on August 20, 2018
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