Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Corporate Fact Sheet April 2015

TEL AVIV, Israel, May 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

Fast Facts 

• Market capitalization (Excluding ETNs): 
  • Equities:US$224 billion;  
  • Bonds:US$215 billion 
    
• Daily Turnover Y-T-D: 
• Equities (Including ETNs): US$366 million; 
• Government Bonds: US$863 million 
• Corporate Bonds(Including ETNs): US$319 million 
• Treasury Bills: US$145 million 
• TA-25 Index Options: 209 thousands of contracts 
  
•   470 equity companies  
•    50 companies cross-listed abroad 
•   625 Exchange Traded Notes (ETN's) 
•    29 series of government bonds 
•   596 series of corporate bonds 
•   73 series of Institutional bonds 
• 1,342 mutual funds

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For TASE Monthly Main Indicators  

Israel Key Macroeconomic indicators 

• GDP per capita:
  2013 - US$ 36,200; 2014 Est. US$ 37,100
• GDP growth:
  2013- 3.2%, 2014 Est.  - 2.8%
• Inflation:
  2014 - (0.2%); Jan-Mar. 2015 - (1.3%)
• Bank of Israel interest rate:
  May 2015 - 0.1%
• Surplus in balance of payments
• Budget deficit:
  2014: 2.8% of GDP, 2015 (Est.) 2.5%

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange 

Established in September 1953, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) is an efficient one-stop shop for the securities industry, hosting an increasingly sophisticated range of products available to investors, including shares, corporate bonds, treasury bills and bonds, index-tracking products and derivatives. TASE is a fully-automated exchange with a central order book trading system, providing clearing, settlement and depository services

News 

AnalytixInsight Inc. Announces Licensing Partnership with Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

• Provides first of a kind comprehensive research coverage and predictive analytics for 600 listed stocks in Israel which include small caps and micro caps.

AnalytixInsight Inc. Announces Licensing Partnership with Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

• Provides first of a kind comprehensive research coverage and predictive analytics for 600 listed stocks in Israel which include small caps and micro caps.
• Partnership enables Tel Aviv Exchange to provide value-added analysis on all listed stocks for the benefit of its retail and institutional clients to facilitate liquidity and trading volumes, in particular for under covered stocks

Membership 

The TASE is owned by its members, which comprise the Bank of Israel (Israel's central bank), 15 banks and 11 investment houses. The banks are supervised by the Bank of Israel and the investment houses by the TASE. The TASE permits international banks and investment houses that have no permanent representation in Israel to become 'remote members'. For the TASE Members' list.

Dual Listing 

Companies traded in the USA and on the London Stock Exchange (Main Market) can dual-list their shares on the TASE.  Dual-listing, which does not entail significant costs, imposes no additional regulatory burden and offers continuous trading from 09:45 to 23:00 (Israeli time), for companies listed in the USA.  There are currently 46 companies dually-listed on TASE, as well as 4 companies which are cross-listed on other foreign securities exchanges. For more information about Dual Listing on TASE.

Globalization 

Israel is classified as a "developed market" by MSCI, FTSE and S&P and is included in the following international indices: MSCI World, MSCI KOKUSAI, MSCI Europe & Middle East, MSCI EAFE, MSCI EASE, the FTSE All World, FTSE Med-100 indices, and S&P Developed BMI.
Trading on TASE is conducted through its members, which include Israeli and international banks and investment houses.

For further information, you are welcome to visit our website at: 

http://www.tase.co.il or contact the TASE Marketing and Communications Unit at +972-76-8160405/6

SOURCE Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE)

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