Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Trading Summary: November 29 - December 3, 2015

• 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