Tel Aviv shares climb following truce with Iran

Sharon Wrobel is a tech reporter for The Times of Israel

An electronic board displaying market data at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in Tel Aviv, March 2, 2026. (Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)
An electronic board displaying market data at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in Tel Aviv, March 2, 2026. (Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)

Shares on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange are on the rise amid cautious optimism about a ceasefire that halted the joint US-Israel military campaign against Iran.

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange’s benchmark TA-125 index gains 1.8 percent in morning trading. The index is up almost 14% from the start of the year.

The TA-35 index of blue-chip companies rises 1.9%. The TA-90 index, which tracks the shares with the highest capitalization not included in the TA-35 index, leaps 1.7%. The TA-Insurance index soars 3.5%, and the TA-Banks jumps 2%.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange was closed on Tuesday and Wednesday for the Jewish Passover holiday as a ceasefire was announced between the US, Israel and Iran.

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