Tue: TASE lower as banks gain

The banks and NICE Systems rose today but Bezeq and Tower led the declines.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange fell today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index fell 0.14%, to 1,700.69 points; the Tel Aviv 125 Index fell 0.25%, to 1,754.01 points; and the BlueTech Global Index fell 0.93% to 535.84 points. The All Bond corporate bond index rose 0.02% to 389.40 points. Turnover totaled NIS 1.36 billion in equities and NIS 2.51 billion in bonds.

On the foreign exchange market, the Bank of Israel set the representative shekel-dollar rate up 0.280% from Monday, at NIS 3.224/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set 0.193% higher, at NIS 3.795/€.

Bank Leumi (TASE:LUMI) led the market, rising 0.90% on the day's biggest trading turnover. Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) rose 0.78%, Mizrahi Tefahot Bank (TASE:MZTF) rose 1.53% and Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT) rose 0.55%. Opko Health Inc. (NYSE: OPK; TASE: OPK) rose 1.72% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 35 Index today and NICE Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: NICE; TASE:NICE) rose 0.41%.

Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Nasdaq: TSEM; TASE:TSEM) fell 3.11% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 35 Index today. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ) fell 1.48%, Ormat Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ORA; TASE: ORA) fell 2.27% and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) fell 0.63%.

Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on August 17, 2021

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