- Trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) during the third week of March ended up for all leading TASE indices;
- Continued offerings in the bond market
- Israel Railways raised US $249 million in an initial bond offering
TA-25
The TA-25 index increased 2.3% over the week and increased 9.3% since the beginning of the year, after an increase of 10.2% for the whole of 2014.
TA-100
The TA-100 index increased 2.2% over the week and increased 9.1% since the beginning of the year, after an increase of 6.7% for the whole of 2014.
TA-Oil & Gas
The TA-Oil & Gas index increased 4.3% over the week and increased 1.9% since the beginning of the year, after decrease of 20% for the whole of 2014.
Corporate Bonds
This week the Government company- Israel Railways raised US $249 million in an initial bond offering on the TASE.
Since the beginning of the year, the business sector raised US $3.2 billion through bond offerings.
In 2014 the business sector raised US $16.1 billion through bond offerings on the TASE.
Share Offering
This week there was a rights issue by a biomed company amounting to US $4.5 million.
Since the beginning of the year, the business sector raised US $375 million in the share market on the TASE.
In 2014 the business sector raised US $2.1 billion through shares on the TASE.
CPI Index
Figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics indicate that the Consumer Price Index decreased by 0.7% in February 2015, and decreased by 1.6% in the first two months of 2015, after decreasing by 0.2% in 2014.
Shortened Trading Week
The third trading week in March was shortened to 4 days. There was no trading on the TASE on Tuesday, March 17, due to the Elections to the 20th Knesset.
Sector Indices
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|
WEEK |
2015 |
|
TA Tech-Elite |
2.7% |
20.0% |
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TA Banks |
0.4% |
1.3% |
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TA Real Estate-15 |
2.0% |
15.3% |
Foreign Exchange
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|
WEEK
|
2015 |
|
Dollar/NIS |
-0.2% |
3.0% |
|
Euro/NIS |
0.1% |
-9.7% |
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Facts & Figures
The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange features in February 2015:
- 471 companies listing equities.
- 616 Exchange Traded Notes.
- 29 series of government bonds.
- 74Series of Institutional bonds.
- 604 series of corporate bonds.
- 1,328 mutual funds.
- Market Cap. (US$ billions)
o Equities - 204
o Government bonds – 128
o Corporate bonds – 80
