The official value of the shekel rose an average of .187 percent, Thursday, in mixed trading against the featured currencies on the Bank of Israel's foreign-exchange list. The United States dollar was fixed at NIS 3.539, down .478 percent from Wednesday's rate, while the Euro slipped .051 percent to 4.7283 shekels.
The same percentage decrease meant a rate of 5.4886 shekels for the pound sterling, while 100 Japanese yen rose .577 percent to NIS 3.6748. The Australian dollar climbed 1.076 percent to 3.2113 shekels, while its Canadian counterpart declined .375 percent to NIS 3.3995. The South African rand was fixed at .3587 shekels, up .084 percent, and the Swedish krona rose .628 percent to NIS .5447.
