The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) fell today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index fell 0.36% to 1,455.25 points, the Tel Aviv 100 Index fell 0.04% to 1,279.08 points, and the BlueTech 50 Index fell 0.04% to 327.73 points. Turnover was NIS 1.25 billion.
In the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative exchange rate at NIS 3.995/$, down 0.075% on yesterday's rate, and set the shekel-euro representative exchange rate at NIS 4.502/€, up 0.269%.
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 0.27%.
In the stock market, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) fell 1.61% on the day's highest trading turnover. Israel Corporation (TASE: ILCO) fell 3.57% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 25 Index.
Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG) rose 2.41% on new it has signed an MOU to sell The Phoenix Holdings Ltd. (TASE: PHOE1;PHOE5). Energy units Avner Oil and Gas LP (TASE: AVNR.L) and Delek Drilling Limited Partnership (TASE: DEDR.L) rose 0.92% and 0.71% respectively.
Frutarom Industries Ltd. (TASE: FRUT; LSE:FRUT; OTCBB:FRUTF) rose 2.75% for the biggest gain on the Tel Aviv 25 Index.
Mobile operators Partner Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq: PTNR; TASE: PTNR) and Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE:CEL; TASE:CEL) rose 5.08% and 3.77% respectively to win back some of their recent losses.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on January 27, 2015
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