The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange rose today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index rose 1.04%, to 1,500.07 points; the Tel Aviv 125 Index rose 1.28%, to 1,567.46 points; and the BlueTech Global Index rose 1.07%, to 538.04 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index rose 0.06%, to 367.77 points. Turnover totaled NIS 1.86 billion in equities and NIS 2.93 billion in bonds.
On the foreign exchange market, the Bank of Israel set the representative shekel-dollar rate 0.062% lower from Tuesday, at NIS 3.210/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set 0.099% lower, at NIS 3.940/€.
Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) led the market, rising 0.21% on the day's biggest trading turnover. Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT) rose 1.31% and Mizrahi Tefahot Bank (TASE:MZTF) rose 1.19%.
Ormat Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ORA; TASE: ORA) rose 0.59%, and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) rose 0.55%. Energean Oil & Gas plc (LSE: ENOG; TASE:ENOG) rose 7.23% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 35 Index on the news that it had acquired the 30% stake that Kerogen Capital holds in its Energean Israel unit. Azrieli Group Ltd. (TASE: AZRG) rose 2.86% and Melisron Ltd. (TASE: MLSR) rose 2.01%.
LivePerson Inc. (Nasdaq: LPSN); TASE: LPSN) fell 0.35% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 35 Index and was one of only three shares to fall on the Tel Aviv 35 Index today.
Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on December 30, 2020
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