Mon: Delek leads TASE gains
Rising oil prices have boosted Delek and other energy stocks, and the banks rose strongly today.
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange rose today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index rose 1%, to 1,620.03 points; the Tel Aviv 125 Index rose 1.09%, to 1,681.85 points; and the BlueTech Global Index rose 0.79%, to 679.89 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index fell 0.11%, to 370.55 points. Turnover totaled NIS 1.83 billion in equities and NIS 4.18 billion in bonds.
On the foreign exchange market, the Bank of Israel set the representative shekel-dollar rate 0.154% lower from Friday, at NIS 3.244/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was unchanged, at NIS 3.935/€.
Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT) led the market today, gaining 1.20% on the day s biggest trading turnover. Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) rose 2.42%, Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI) rose 1.78% and Mizrahi Tefahot Bank (TASE:MZTF) rose 3.88%.