Tue: Banks again lead rises

Bank Leumi and Bank Hapoalim both rose strongly, while Bezeq continued to slide.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange rose today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index rose 0.59%, to 1,544.26 points; the Tel Aviv 125 Index rose 0.59%, to 1,380.66 points; and the BlueTech Global Index rose 0.68%, to 374.28 points. Turnover totaled NIS 1.14 million.

On the foreign exchange market, the representative shekel-dollar rate was set 0.66% higher, at NIS 3.6420/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set 0.12% lower, at NIS 4.2607/€.

The banks were again strong today. Bank Leumi led trading, and rose 0.49%. Bank Hapoalim rose 0.59%; Nice Systems rose 0.26%; Bezeq fell a further 2.41%; and Teva rose 1.27%.

Opko Health was again a notable advancer, rising 6.32%. Magic Software rose 5.57%, and Phoenix rose 3.19%.

Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on July 10, 2018

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