Tel Aviv shares rise to record high after strike on Hamas leaders

Sharon Wrobel is a tech reporter for The Times of Israel

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange seen on April 28, 2025. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange seen on April 28, 2025. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Tel Aviv shares rose to new record highs at the end of the trading day following an Israeli airstrike that targeted top leaders of the Hamas terror group in the Qatari capital Doha.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange’s benchmark TA-125 index gained 1.7% at the close of trading. The benchmark index has increased more than 32% so far this year.

The TA-35 index of blue-chip companies rose 1.8%. The TA-90 index, which tracks the shares with the highest capitalization not included in the TA-35 index, was up 1.4%, and the TA-Oil and Gas index soared 2.9%.

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