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The TA-25 index decreased 2.2% over the last week, and increased 14.5% since the beginning of the year, after an increase of 10.2% for the whole of 2014.
TA-100
The TA-100 index decreased 2.0% over the last week, and increased 12.8% since the beginning of the year, after an increase of 6.7% for the whole of 2014.
Share Offerings
This week there was a first IPO on TASE this year, made by the real estate company Oron Groupamounting to US$ 18 million.
Since the beginning of the year, the business sector raised a total of US $0.7 billion through Share Offerings.
In 2014, the business sector raised US $2.1 billion through Share offerings on the TASE.
In addition, the hi-tech company Camtek, whose shares are also traded on the NASDAQ, raised this weekUS$ 12 million in a share offering to the public in the US.
Corporate Bonds
The foreign real estate company Moinian raised US$ 363 million in the largest ever bond issue of a new company in the TASE bond market.
In addition, four companies (including the Oron Group) raised this week US$ 120 million in bond offerings to the public.
Since the beginning of the year, the business sector raised a total of US $5.9 billion through bonds.
In 2014, the business sector raised US $16.1 billion through bond offerings on the TASE.
Government Bonds
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) made a bond offering this week listed on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange, amounting to US $0.2 billion, and since the beginning of the year the MoF raised US $4.3 billion.
In 2014, the MoF raised US $14.5 billion in bond offerings on the TASE.
BOI Interest Rate
The Bank of Israel left the interest rate unchanged at 0.1% for June 2015.
Unemployment
The Central Bureau of Statistics released figures indicating that the unemployment rate decreased in April 2015 to a historic low of 4.9%, compared with 5.2% in the previous month and an average of 5.9% for 2014.
Composite State-of-the-Economy Index
The Bank of Israel released figures indicating that the Composite State-of-the Economy Index rose 0.2% inApril 2015, slightly lower than its rate of increase in recent months and similar to the average rate of growth in the last two years.
Sector Indices
WEEK
2015
TA Tech-Elite -0.8% 15.4%
TA Banks -1.8% 11.1%
TA Real
Estate-15 -2.1% 19.6%
Foreign Exchange
WEEK
2015
Dollar/NIS 0.2% -0.2%
Euro/NIS -1.9% -10.2%
Facts & Figures
The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange features in April 2015:
- 470 companies listing equities.
- 625 Exchange Traded Notes.
- 29 Series of government bonds.
- 73 Series of Institutional bonds.
- 596 series of corporate bonds.
- 1,342 mutual funds.
- Market Cap. (US$ billions)
- Equities - 224
- Government bonds - 132
- Corporate bonds - 83
