The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange rose today on very thin trading. The Tel Aviv 25 Index rose 1.14% to 1,472.97 points; the Tel Aviv 100 Index rose 1.04%, to 1,287.99 points; and the BlueTech Index rose 1.59% to 353.91 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index was unchanged at 321.89 points. Trading turnover was NIS 457.9 million.
On the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative rate down 0.131 on Friday at NIS 3.821/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set down 0.068% at NIS 4.255/€.
On the market, Israel Chemicals (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) rose 2.14% and parent company Israel Corporation (TASE: ILCO) rose 4.51% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 25 Index. Frutarom Industries Ltd. (TASE: FRUT; LSE:FRUT; OTCBB:FRUTF) rose 3.48% and Opko Health Inc. (NYSE: OPK; TASE: OPK) rose 2.50%.
Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG) rose 2.35% on confirmation that its energy exploration units are set to merge. Those units Avner Oil and Gas LP (TASE: AVNR.L) and Delek Drilling LP (TASE: DEDR.L) rose 3.30% and 1.09% respectively.
Only two shares on the Tel Aviv 25 Index fell today. Perrigo Company (NYSE:PRGO; TASE:PRGO) fell 0.19% and Mylan N.V. (Nasdaq: MYL; TASE: MYL) fell 0.32%.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on August 7, 2016
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