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Ram Ozeri, Oren Freund

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange registered slight gains on Sunday, after taking two days off due to the strike.

Trading began an hour late and finished late, at 5 P.M.

The blue-chip Tel Aviv-25 Index gained 0.4% to close at 1,121 points, while the broader Tel Aviv-100 Index gained 0.3% to close at 1,018 points. The Banks-5 led the gains, closing up 2.3%, while the Real Estate-15 gained 0.9%.

Even though traders had had two days off, total turnover was still a paltry NIS 720 million.

While Tel Aviv was offline, leading indexes on Wall Street crept down by 1% on fateful news on Greece: Over the weekend, European finance ministers rejected a Greek plan for 3.2 billion in cutbacks, arguing that it wasn't enough.

Notable shares included EZ Chip, which gained 12%, and Allot Communications, which lost 9.4% - both after publishing financial reports.

Bank Leumi gained 2.8% on the news that its board was nearing its choice for a new CEO; after trading ended, it emerged that Rakefet Russak-Aminoach would indeed become the bank's next chief.

Other banks gained ground as well: Discount was up 2.1%, Hapoalim was up 2.3% and Mizrahi Tefahot gained 1.4%.

Clal Industries lost 3.8%. The company, controlled by IDB Development, is selling control of Mashav, which owns the Nesher cement monopoly.