Wed: TASE gains continue

The banks and Bezeq led the market higher today while NICE Systems and Teva slipped.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange rose today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index rose 0.72%, to 1,991.63 points; the Tel Aviv 125 Index rose 1.07%, to 2,087.81 points; and the BlueTech Global Index rose 0.68% to 492.91 points. The All Bond corporate bond index fell 0.04% to 387.57 points. Turnover totaled NIS 2.01 billion in equities and NIS 3.53 billion in bonds.

On the foreign exchange market, the Bank of Israel set the representative shekel-dollar rate down 1.302% from Tuesday, at NIS 3.183/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set 0.951% lower at NIS 3.624/€.

On the market, Opko Health Inc. (NYSE: OPK; TASE: OPK) rose 3.87% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 35 Index. ICL (TASE: ICL: NYSE: ICL) rose 1.51% and Bezeq Israel Telecommunications Company Ltd. (TASE:BZEQ) rose 2.84%.

Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) rose 0.43%, Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) rose 0.62%, Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT) rose 0.32%, and Mizrahi Tefahot Bank (TASE:MZTF) rose 2.59%.

Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Nasdaq: TSEM; TASE:TSEM) fell 0.20% on the day's biggest trading turnover after yesterday's huge rise. LivePerson (Nasdaq: LPSN; TASE: LPSN) fell 2.75% on the day's biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 35 Index. Shufersal Ltd. (TASE:SAE) fell 1.06%, Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (Nasdaq:NVMI; TASE:NVMI) fell 1.12% and NICE-Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: NICE; TASE:NICE) fell 1.47%.

Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on February 16, 2022.

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