The stock exchange opened the trading of the last day of the weekly trading with price increases and in these morning hours the Tel Aviv 35 index rose by 0.60% and the Tel Aviv 125 index strengthened by about 0.80%.
In the world markets, increases in Western Europe, but a mixed trend in the Far East and New York. This morning in the Far East, Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 was down 0.12% but Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was up 2.19%. The Shanghai Stock Exchange is still closed for the Chinese New Year holiday. Yesterday in New York the Dow Jones 30 rose by 0.03% but the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite fell by 0.02% and 0.18% respectively.
Yesterday in Europe, London’s FTSE 100 rose 0.20%, Frankfurt’s DAX rose 0.42%, Madrid’s IBEX 35 rose 0.59% and Paris’ CAC 40 rose 0.77%.