- Trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) in the last trading week was marked by a mix trend in the leading share indices;
- Further offerings in the bond market
TA-25 index
The TA-25 index did not change over the last week and increased 6.6% since the beginning of the year, after an increase of 10.2% for the whole of 2014.
TA-100 index
The TA-100 index did not change over the last week, and increased 4.6% since the beginning of the year, after an increase of 6.7% for the whole of 2014.
TA-Biomed
The TA-Biomed index increased this week by 1.7%. Since the beginning of the year the index decreased by19.1%, after a decrease of 33.9% in 2014.
Corporate Bonds
This week there were four bond offerings on the TASE by the business sector, totaling US$ 263 million. Three issuers were the real estate company Alony Hetz that raised US$ 142 million, and the companiesSpencer (foreign) and Big that raised US$ 58 million each.
Since the beginning of the year, the business sector raised US$ 13.8 billion through bonds on the TASE.
Government Bonds
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) made a bond offering this week listed on the TASE, amounting to US$ 0.2 billion.
Since the beginning of the year, the MoF raised a total of US$ 9.4 billion in bond offerings on the TASE.
Celsion shares included in TASE indices
The US Biomed company Celsion shares which are traded on the NASDAQ (symbol: CLSN) and began to be traded on the TASE on November 12th, were included in the TA-Biomed and TA-BlueTech indices onNovember 29, under the "fast track" arrangement for adding new shares to the TASE indices.
Sector Indices
WEEK 2015
TA Tech-Elite 0.2% 6.6%
TA Banks -0.3% 8.0%
TA Real
Estate-15 0.7% 6.4%
Foreign Exchange
WEEK 2015
Dollar/NIS -0.1% -0.1%
Euro/NIS -0.7% -13.2%
Facts & Figures
The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange features in November 2015:
- 461 companies listing equities.
- 640 Exchange Traded Notes.
- 33 series of government bonds.
- 63 Series of Institutional bonds.
- 604 series of corporate bonds.
- 1,370 mutual funds.
- Market Cap. (US$ billions)
- Equities - 237
- Government bonds - 130
- Corporate bonds - 84