The Digester

Tel Aviv stocks rise as shekel strengthens amid Israel-US war on Iran

Mar 4th 2026

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange climbed while the shekel jumped about 1.5% as local institutional buying and investor bets that a decisive outcome could lower Israel's risk premium kept trading green.

  • TASE rose for a third day after the start of the Israeli-American war on Iran, with defense, energy and financial stocks leading gains.

Sources

jpost.com