23 – 27 November 2014 Trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) during the fourth week of November ended up for all leading share indices “Plaza Centers” made a dual listing in TASE There were continued offerings in the bond market – a new foreign incomeproducing real estate company “Spencer Equity” made a bond offering
TA-25
Corporate Bonds
Credit Rating
The TA-25 index increased 1.7% over the week, bringing year-todate increase to 11.1%
This week there was a bond offering to the public by a new foreign company, the third this year, which is engaged in initiating real estate projects and incomeproducing real estate in New York. Spencer Equity raised US $75 million. In addition, three longestablished companies – including two real estate companies – made bond offerings to the public of US $85 million.
The Fitch rating agency confirmed the “A” credit rating of the State of Israel, but lowered its outlook from “positive” to “stable”.
Since the beginning of the year the business sector raised US $14.8 billion through bond offerings, of which US $5 billion on the "TACT Institutional" system, after raising US $10.1 billion for the whole of 2013
The Bank of Israel released figures indicating that the Composite State of-the-Economy Index rose 0.1% in October. The rate of growth of the index continues to be slow, similar to the rate of growth since the beginning of the year.
TA-100 The TA-100 index increased 1.4% over the week, bringing year-todate increase to 8.6%
TA- Technology The TA-Technology index increased 3.9% over the week, bringing year-to-date increase to 1.4%.
Dual Listed Company The foreign real estate company Plaza Centers, whose shares are traded on exchanges in London (LSE) and Warsaw, made a dual listing – its shares began to be traded also in TASE as of November 27. It should be noted that the company’s bonds have been traded in TASE since February 2008.
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 $13.8 billion in bond offerings on the TASE, after raising US $18.2 billion for the whole of 2013.
BOI Interest Rate The Bank of Israel left the interest rate unchanged at 0.25% for December 2014.
Composite State-ofthe-Economy Index
Unemployment The Central Bureau of Statistics released figures indicating that the unemployment rate decreased in October to 5.7%, compared with 6.3% in the previous month and the average for 2013.
Sector Indices WEEK
TA BlueTech TA Banks TA Real Estate-15
3.2% 1.5% 0.8%
Foreign Exchange
2014 -8.0% -2.3% 4.3%
WEEK
Dollar/NIS Euro/NIS
1.4% 0.8%
2014 12.0% 1.4%
Facts & Figures
About TASE
International
The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange features in October 2014: 473 companies listing equities. 590 Exchange Traded Notes. 31 series of government bonds. 73 Series of Institutional bonds. 609 series of corporate bonds. 2,198 mutual funds. Market Cap. (US$ billions) o Equities - 204 o Government bonds – 133 o Corporate bonds - 86
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) 024/6/504 Visit the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange's Website: www.tase.co.il