The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange fell very sharply today as the war with Hamas moved into its second week. The Tel Aviv 35 Index fell 3.58%, to 1,651.91 points; the Tel Aviv 125 Index fell 3.86%, to 1,671.33 points; and the BlueTech Global Index fell 3.73% to 337.63 points. The All Bond corporate bond index fell 0.48% to 369.35 points. Turnover totaled NIS 1.43 billion in equities and NIS 1.97 billion in bonds.
On the foreign exchange market, the Bank of Israel set the representative shekel-dollar rate up 0.278% on Friday, at NIS 3.969/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set 0.376% lower at NIS 4.187/€.
Bank Leumi (TASE:LUMI) led the market today, falling 3.87% on the day's biggest trading turnover. Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) fell 3.14% and Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT) fell 4.33%. Mizrahi Tefahot Bank fell 3.76% and First International Bank of Israel (TASE:FTIN1; FTIN5) fell 4.53%.
Big Shopping Centers (TASE: BIG) fell 6.83% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 35 Index today. Delek Group Ltd. (TASE:DLEKG) fell 3.04% and NICE Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: NICE; TASE:NICE) fell 3.31%, ICL (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) fell 1.95% and Bezeq Israel Telecommunications Company Ltd. (TASE:BZEQ fell 5.68%.
Energean plc (LSE: ENOG; TASE: ENOG) was up 1.06% - the only stock on the Tel Aviv 35 Index to rise today.
Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on October 15, 2023.
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