The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) rose today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index rose 0.24% to 1,462.16 points, the Tel Aviv 100 Index rose 0.26% to 1,280.84 points, but the BlueTech 50 Index fell 0.38% to 322.63 points. Turnover was NIS 1.3 billion.
In the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative exchange rate at NIS 3.96/$, down 0.277% on yesterday's rate, and set the shekel-euro representative exchange rate at NIS 4.685/€, down 0.857%.
In the bond market, both long-term Shahar unlinked shekel government bonds and long term Galil CPI-linked government bonds fell. The corporate bond benchmark Tel-Bond 20 Index fell 0.19%.
In the stock market, Israel Corporation (TASE: ILCO) rose 5.94% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 25 index, boosted by the fact that its spin off Kenon Holdings has moved ahead on the NYSE. Subsidiary Israel Chemicals (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) rose 0.56% on the day's highest trading turnover. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) rose 2.89%.
there was no respite for Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG), which fell 2.69% while its energy exploration units Avner Oil and Gas LP (TASE: AVNR.L) and Delek Drilling Limited Partnership (TASE: DEDR.L) fell 2.84% and 2.69% respectively, the former the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 25 Index.
Food companies Strauss Group Ltd. (TASE:STRS) and Osem Investments Ltd. (controlled by Nestle SA (SWX:NESN)) (TASE: OSEM) fell 2.60% and 1.43% respectively.
Mobile carriers Partner Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq: PTNR; TASE: PTNR) and Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE:CEL; TASE:CEL) continued to fall, losing 0.48% and 2.05% respectively.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on January 7, 2015
© Copyright of Globes Publisher Itonut (1983) Ltd. 2015