Tue: Main indices fall despite strong banks

All five leading stocks bar one rose today, but the indices still closed off.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange fell today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index fell 0.05%, to 1,855.61 points; the Tel Aviv 125 Index fell 0.13%, to 1,871.01 points; and the BlueTech Global Index fell 0.24%, to 378.83 points. The TelBond 60 corporate bond index rose 0.09%, to 360.33 points. Turnover totaled NIS 1.61 billion in equities and NIS 2.84 billion in bonds.

On the foreign exchange market, the shekel-dollar representative rate was set 1.05% higher, at NIS 3.7630/$, and the shekel-euro representative rate was set 0.91% higher, at NIS 4.1144/€.

Bank Leumi, which reported record quarterly profits, led trading today, and rose 1.40%. Bank Hapoalim rose 1.72%; Tower Semiconductor rose 0.96%; Discount Bank rose 1.55%; and Elbit Systems fell 1.35%.

Notable advancers today were Delek Automotive systems, up 6.55%; Zephyrus, up 4.33%; and Opko Health, up 4.19%. LivePerson fell 7.45%, Generation Capital fell 4.84%, and Israel Corporation fell 3.68%.

Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on August 15, 2023.

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