Sun: Teva leads steep TASE falls

Teva slumped and the banks fell sharply today but Strauss Group bucked the market.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange fell today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index fell 1.65%, to 2,021.81 points; the Tel Aviv 125 Index fell 1.66%, to 2,115.22 points; and the BlueTech Global Index fell 2.25% to 462.16 points. The All Bond corporate bond index fell 0.19% to 380.70 points. Turnover totaled NIS 906.7 million in equities and NIS 1.15 billion in bonds.

On the foreign exchange market, the Bank of Israel set the representative shekel-dollar rate down 0.556% on Friday, at NIS 3.217/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set 0.366% higher at NIS 3.513/€.

On the market, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) fell 4.04% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 35 Index today. Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) fell 2.02% on the day's biggest trading turnover.Bank Leumi (TASE:LUMI) fell 1.70%, Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT) fell 1.76%, and Mizrahi Tefahot Bank (TASE:MZTF) fell 2.25%.

LivePerson (Nasdaq: LPSN; TASE: LPSN) rose 5.04% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 35 Index today. Opko Health Inc. (NYSE: OPK; TASE: OPK) rose 1.15% and Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (Nasdaq:NVMI; TASE:NVMI) rose 1.92%. Strauss Group Ltd. (TASE:STRS) rose 1.68%, ICL (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) rose 0.19, and parent company Israel Corp. (TASE: ILCO) rose 0.73%.

Outside of the Tel Aviv 35 Index, Delek Group Ltd. (TASE:DLEKG) rose 1.24%.

Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on May 1, 2022.

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