Tue: Banks lead sharp TASE losses

The banks, Teva and NICE were down today but Tower and Ormat bucked the market.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange fell today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index fell 1.42%, to 1,689.42 points; the Tel Aviv 125 Index fell 1.71%, to 1,753.31 points; and the BlueTech Global Index fell 1.94% to 550.65 points. The All Bond corporate bond index rose 0.07% to 389.26 points. Turnover totaled NIS 1.63 billion in equities and NIS 2.86 billion in bonds.

On the foreign exchange market, the Bank of Israel set the representative shekel-dollar rate down 0.310% from Monday, at NIS 3.217/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set 0.326% lower, at NIS 3.824/€.

Bank Leumi (TASE:LUMI) led the market falling 0.82% on the day's biggest trading turnover. Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) fell 0.49%, Mizrahi Tefahot Bank (TASE:MZTF) fell 0.69% and Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT) fell 0.90%.

NICE Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: NICE; TASE:NICE) fell 1.95% and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) fell 1.11%. ICL (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) fell 2.41% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 35 Index today, Azrieli Group Ltd. (TASE: AZRG) fell 2.40% and Melisron Ltd. (TASE: MLSR) fell 4.24% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 35 Index today.

Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Nasdaq: TSEM; TASE:TSEM) rose 1.16% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 35 Index today and Ormat Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ORA; TASE: ORA) rose 1.10%.

Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on August 3, 2021

© Copyright of Globes Publisher Itonut (1983) Ltd. 2021

Twitter Facebook Linkedin RSS Newsletters גלובס Israel Business Conference 2018