Sun: Banks buck market

NICE and the banks bucked the market today as Camtek and Nova led the TASE down.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange fell today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index fell 0.21%, to 1,964.47 points; the Tel Aviv 125 Index fell 0.52% to 1,927.93 points; and the BlueTech Global Index fell 0.60% to 395.84 points. The All Bond corporate bond index fell 0.04% to 378.23 points. Turnover totaled NIS 778 million in equities and NIS 2.46 billion in bonds.

On the foreign exchange market, the Bank of Israel set the representative shekel-dollar rate up 0.538% on Friday, at NIS 3.739/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set 0.216% higher at NIS 3.998/€.

On the market NICE Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: NICE; TASE:NICE) rose 4.18% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 35 Index today and Ormat Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ORA; TASE: ORA) rose 2.46%.

Bank Leumi (TASE:LUMI) led the market today, rising 1.31% on the day's biggest trading turnover. Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) rose 1.35%, Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT) rose 0.91% and Mizrahi Tefahot Bank rose 0.86%.

Camtek (Nasdaq: CAMT; TASE: CAMT) fell 4.50% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 35 Index today. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) fell 1.16%, Nova Ltd. (Nasdaq:NVMI; TASE:NVMI) fell 3.43% and Bezeq Israel Telecommunications Company Ltd. (TASE:BZEQ fell 1.29%.

Outside of the Tel Aviv 35 Index, El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. (TASE:ELAL) rose 2.86%.

Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on June 23, 2024.

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