Sun: Banks lead TASE lower

The banks and Bezeq led the declines today as NICE and Teva bucked the market.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange fell today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index fell 0.83% to 3,010.64 points, the Tel Aviv 125 Index fell 0.95% to 3,085.37 points; and the BlueTech Global Index fell 0.14% to 539.91 points. The All Bond corporate bond index fell 0.14% to 408.80 points. Turnover totaled NIS 1.75 billion in equities and NIS 1.06 billion in bonds.

On the foreign exchange market, the representative shekel-dollar rate was set 0.599% higher on Friday, at NIS 3.361/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set 0.453% higher, at NIS 3.944/€.

Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) led the market today, falling 1.68% on the day’s biggest trading turnover. Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) fell 1.35%, Mizrahi Tefahot Bank fell 2.51% and Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT) fell 1.68%.

Nova Ltd. (Nasdaq:NVMI; TASE:NVMI) fell 3.21% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 35 Index today. Bezeq Israel Telecommunications Company Ltd. (TASE:BZEQ fell 3.07% and Shufersal Ltd. (TASE:SAE) fell 2.51%.

Nice (Nasdaq: NICE; TASE:NICE) rose 2.78% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 35 Index today. Ormat Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ORA; TASE: ORA) rose 1.71% and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) rose 2.53%. Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE:ESLT) rose 0.91% and Camtek (Nasdaq: CAMT; TASE: CAMT) rose 2.05%.