14 - 18 December 2014 Trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) during the third week of December ended down in share and bond indices “Frutarom” and “Melisron” entered the TA-25 Index
TA-25
Tel-Bond 20 Index
The TA-25 index decreased 0.4% over the week, bringing year-to-date increase to 11.5%
The TA-100 index decreased 0.5% over the week, bringing year-to-date increase to 8.6%
Trading on bonds market was marked by volatility and ended down. The Tel-Bond 20 Index which consists of the 20 CPI-linked corporate bonds with the highest market capitalization, decreased this week by 0.5%, and since the beginning of the year the Index increased by 1.1%.
TA-Banks
Government Bonds
The TA-Banks index decreased 3.1% over the week, bringing year-to-date decrease to 4.9%
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 $14.5 billion in bond offerings on the TASE, after raising US $18.2 billion for the whole of 2013.
TA-100
Sector Indices WEEK
TA BlueTech TA Banks TA Real Estate-15
0.2% -3.1% -2.1%
TA-25 Index Constituent Changes Within the framework of TASE’s semi-annual rebalancing of its indices, the shares of “Frutarom” and “Melisron” were added to the TA-25 Index, and the shares of “Partner” and Cellcom” were removed from the Index as of Monday, December 15, 2014.
CPI Index Figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics indicate that the Consumer Price Index decreased 0.2% in November 2014 and for the total since the beginning of the year, following an increase of 1.8% for the whole of 2013.
Foreign Exchange
2014 -5.1% -4.9% 2.5%
WEEK
Dollar/NIS Euro/NIS
0.8% -0.1%
2014 13.3% 1.4%
Facts & Figures
About TASE
International
The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange features in November 2014: 473 companies listing equities. 588 Exchange Traded Notes. 31 series of government bonds. 74 Series of Institutional bonds. 607 series of corporate bonds. 1,310 mutual funds. Market Cap. (US$ billions) o Equities - 203
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.
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Government bonds – 129 Corporate bonds - 82 For more information please contact: Idit Yaaron or Orna Goren, TASE, +972 (076) 014/6/504 Visit the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange's Website: www.tase.co.il