Sun: NICE leads strong TASE gains

NICE, Nova and Tower led the market higher today but Teva and ICL slipped.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange rose today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index rose 1.24%, to 1,630.16 points; the Tel Aviv 125 Index rose 1.33%, to 1,694.74 points; and the BlueTech Global Index rose 1.72%, to 607.11 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index rose 0.11%, to 375.97 points. Turnover totaled NIS 923.9 million in equities and NIS 1.84 billion in bonds.

On the foreign exchange market, the representative shekel-dollar rate was set 0.03% lower on Thursday, at NIS 3.3330/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was also set 0.03% lower, at NIS 3.9116/€. The foreign exchange market was closed on Friday (Good Friday).

Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) led the market, rising 1.17% on the day's biggest trading turnover. Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) rose 0.69%, Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT) rose 1.22% and Mizrahi Tefahot Bank (TASE:MZTF) rose 1.70%.

NICE Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: NICE; TASE: NICE) rose 4.41% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 35 Index. Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (Nasdaq:NVMI; TASE:NVMI) rose 4.40% and Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Nasdaq: TSEM; TASE: TSEM) rose 4.08%.

Melisron Ltd. (TASE: MLSR) fell 1.28% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 35 Index. Ormat Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ORA; TASE: ORA fell 0.41%, ICL (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) fell 0.46% and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) fell 0.34%.

Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on April 4, 2021

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