Thu: Semiconductor sector stands out

The main indices fell today, but Nova, Camtek, Tower, and Priortech all rose strongly.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange fell today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index fell 0.61%, to 1,704.43 points; the Tel Aviv 125 Index fell 0.63%, to 1,722.91 points; and the BlueTech Global Index fell 0.25%, to 330.62 points. The TelBond 60 corporate bond index fell 0.1%, to 358.58 points. Turnover totaled NIS 1.40 billion in equities and NIS 2.77 billion in bonds.

For the week, the Tel Aviv 35 Index rose 1.1%. The index is down 5.2% for the year to date.

On the foreign exchange market, the shekel-dollar representative rate was set 2.78% lower, at NIS 3.8770/$, and the shekel-euro representative rate was set 1.76% lower, at NIS 4.1677/€.

Bank Hapoalim led trading today, and fell 0.33%. Bank Leumi fell 0.615; ICL fell 0.68%; Mizrahi Tefahot Bank fell 0.80%; and Discount Bank fell 1.04%.

Prominent advancers today were Nova Measuring Systems, up 7.20% after releasing third quarter results that beat analysts’ estimates; Camtek, up 5.52%; Mega Or, up 4.39%; and Priortech, up 4.31%. Tower Semiconductor rose 2.03%. Aura fell 5.39%; Duniec Bros. fell 3.93%; Big Shopping Centers fell 3.88%; and Sapiens fell 3.86%.

Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on November 9, 2023.

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