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Trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) during the first week of 2015 was characterized by a mixed trend in the leading share indices; The largest increases this week of 6.5% were in biomed shares
Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan 08, 2015 –
TA-25
The TA-25 index increased 0.5% over the week, and increased 0.3% since the beginning of the year, after an increase of 10% for the whole of 2014.
TA-100
The TA-100 index increased 0.2% over the week, and increased 0.1% since the beginning of the year, after an increase of 6.7% for the whole of 2014.
TA-Biomed
The TA- Biomed index increased 6.5% over the week, and increased 7.6% since the beginning of the year, after a decrease of 34% for the whole of 2014.
TA-Com
The TA-Com index decreased 4.7% over the week and decreased 6.4% since the beginning of the year, after an increase of 10% for the whole of 2014.
Share Offerings
This week there was one share offering by a biomed company amounting to US $0.4 million.
In 2014 the business sector raised US $2.1 billion through shares on the TASE.
Corporate Bonds
This week Dexia Israel Bank made a corporate bond offering to the public amounting to US $191 million.
For the whole of 2014 the business sector raised US $16.1 billion through bonds, of which US $5.8 billion on the "TACT Institutional" system.
Government Bonds
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) made a bond offering this week listed on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange for US $0.2 billion.
In 2014 the MoF raised US $14.5 billion in bond offerings on the TASE
Foreign Investors
The Bank of Israel released figures this week indicating that foreign investors acquired a net US $150 million in holdings of TASE-listed shares in November, and since the beginning of 2014 acquired a net USS $1.2 billion.
In addition, foreign investors acquired a net US $220 million Israel government bonds in November, and since the beginning of 2014 acquired a net US $2.3 billion Israel government bonds. Foreign investors also acquired a net US $140 million Israeli T-bills in November, totaling US $1.2 billion since the beginning of 2014.
Sector Indices
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WEEK
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2015 |
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TA Bluetech |
1.1% |
1.3% |
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TA Banks |
0.2% |
-0.2% |
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TA Real Estate-15 |
-1.2% |
-0.7% |
Foreign Exchange
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WEEK
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2015 |
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Dollar/NIS |
1.4% |
2.2% |
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Euro/NIS |
-0.9% |
-1.0% |
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Facts & Figures
The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange features in December 2014:
- 473 companies listing equities.
- 591 Exchange Traded Notes.
- 31 series of government bonds.
- 75 Series of Institutional bonds.
- 607 series of corporate bonds.
- 1,330 mutual funds.
- Market Cap. (US$ billions)
o Equities - 201
o Government bonds – 128
o Corporate bonds – 80
