31 August – 4 September 2014 Trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) during the first week of September ended up for all leading share indices
TA-25
Share Offerings
The TA-25 index increased 1.4% over the week, bringing year-to-date increase to 7.1%.
This week there was only one share offering, amounting to US $2 million, by a biomed company. Since the beginning of 2014 the business sector raised US $1.7 billion through share offerings on the TASE, similar to the amount raised for the whole of 2013.
TA-100 The TA-100 index increased 1.7% over the week, bringing year-to-date increase to 6.5%.
TA MidCap-50 The TA MidCap-50 index increased 5.2% over the week, bringing year-to-date increase to 0.8%.
Government Bonds The Ministry of Finance (MoF) made a public bond offering listed on the TASE amounting to US $0.2 billion. Since the beginning of the year the MoF raised US $11.2 billion in bond offerings on the TASE, after raising US $18.2 billion for the whole of 2013.
Sector Indices TA BlueTech TA Banks TA Real Estate-15
WEEK 1.8% 0.8% 3.8%
TASE launches options on the shares of "Bezeq" and "Perrigo" On August 28 the TASE launched options on the shares of “Bezeq” and “Perrigo”. These options join eight options on shares already traded (Teva, Poalim, Leumi, Israel Chemical Industries, Mizrahi Tefahot, Discount, Ratio, Avner), that were launched since the beginning of trading in share options in 2009.
Foreign Exchange 2014 -5.9% 0.6% 6.5%
Dollar/NIS Euro/NIS
WEEK 0.4% -0.7%
2014 3.2% -2.3%
Facts & Figures
About TASE
International
The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange features in August 2014: 473 companies listing equities. 594 Exchange Traded Notes. 33 series of government bonds. 72 Series of Institutional bonds. 600 series of corporate bonds. 2,190 mutual funds. Market Cap. (US$ billions) o Equities - 212 o Government bonds – 140 o Corporate bonds - 90
Established in September 1935, the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange is Israel’s sole securities exchange, offering an increasingly sophisticated range of products to investors, including equity, corporate bonds, treasury bills and notes, index products and derivatives.
In recent years, TASE has enhanced its international presence, signing Memoranda of Understanding with the London Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, NYSE-Euronext the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and Toronto Stock Exchange.
For more information please contact: Idit Yaaron or Orna Goren, TASE, +972 (076) 021868501 Visit the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange's Website: www.tase.co.il