Tel Aviv Stocks Close Lower; TA-35 Falls 0.81% Amid Real Estate Declines

The trading day on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange closed with declines across major share indices. The Tel Aviv-90 index led the losses, dropping 1.42%, with real estate and construction stocks standing out on the negative side. Declines were also recorded in the bond market. The Tel Aviv 35 index fell 0.81% to 4,276.22 points, and the Tel Aviv 125 index declined 0.96% to 4,189.31 points.

Standout Stocks in the TA-125 Index

Among the gainers:

• More Investment House rose 3.44%

• Beit Shemesh Engines rose 2.63%

• Bazan rose 2.42%

• Nova (Qualitas) rose 2.30%

• Rimon rose 2.10%

Among the losers:

• Ashot Ashkelon Industries (Ashot) fell 5.88%

• Ampa fell 5.40%

• A.I.S fell 5.08%

• Shikun & Binui fell 4.28%

• Meshek Energy fell 4.05%

Trading Volumes

Trading volume in equities totaled approximately NIS 3.6 billion, in bonds about NIS 7.2 billion, and in short-term bills (Makam) about NIS 2.7 billion.

Bond Market

The government bond market traded with moderate declines:

• Tel Gov-General fell 0.13%

• Tel Gov-Shekel fell 0.18%

• Tel Gov-CPI fell 0.08%

In corporate bonds:

• Tel Bond-Shekel fell 0.10%

• Tel Bond CPI fell 0.05%

Representative Exchange Rates

• USD-ILS: 3.0200 shekels

• EUR-ILS: 3.5056 shekels

• GBP-ILS: 4.0842 shekels