Wed: Perrigo leads market higher

Perrigo and Tower led the gains today while Opko and Azrieli led the declines.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange rose today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index rose 0.13% to 1,548.48 points; the Tel Aviv 125 Index rose 0.13% to 1,384.84 points; and the BlueTech Global Index rose 0.08% to 374.50 points. The TelBond 20 corporate bond index rose 0.14% to 346.42 points. Trading turnover was NIS 767.8 million.

On the foreign currency market, the Bank of Israel set the shekel-dollar representative rate up 0.303% at NIS 3.642/$ from yesterday's rate and set the shekel-euro rate down 0.463% at 4.232/€.

On the market, Opko Health Inc. (NYSE: OPK; TASE: OPK) fell 3.10% for the biggest fall on the Tel Aviv 35 Index. Azrieli Group Ltd. (TASE: AZRG) fell 1.72%, Melisron Ltd. (TASE: MLSR) fell 1.21% and Partner Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq: PTNR; TASE: PTNR) fell 1.72%.

Perrigo Company (NYSE:PRGO; TASE:PRGO) rose 3.12% for the biggest rise on the Tel Aviv 35 Index today. Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Nasdaq: TSEM; TASE: TSEM) rose 2.84%, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) rose 0.80% and Mazor Robotics Ltd. (TASE:MZOR) rose 1.73%. Frutarom Industries Ltd. (TASE: FRUT; LSE:FRUT; OTCBB:FRUTF) rose 0.58% on the day's biggest trading turnover.

Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on July 18, 2018

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