Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Trading Summary: December 27-31, 2015

TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

TA-25 index
The TA-25 index increased 0.6% over the last week and increased 4.2% since the beginning of the year, after an increase of 10.2% for the whole of 2014.

TA-100 index
The TA-100 index increased 0.5% over the last week and increased 2.0% since the beginning of the year, after an increase of 6.7% for the whole of 2014.

Share Offerings
This week there were three offerings on the TASE to the public amounting to US$ 190 million. Most of the amount, US$ 176 million, was raised by the real estate company "Gazit Globe", whose shares are traded also on the NYSE.

Since the beginning of the year, the business sector raised US$ 1.4 billion through shares on the TASE.

Corporate Bonds This week there were three bond offerings to the public on the TASE by real estate companies amounting to US$ 193 million. Most of the amount, US$ 132 million, was raised by the real estate company "Property & Building".

Since the beginning of the year, the business sector raised US$ 14.7 billion through bonds on the TASE.

Government Bonds
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) did not make a bond offering this week.
Since the beginning of the year, the MoF raised a total of US$ 10 billion in bond offerings on the TASE.

BOI Interest Rate
The Bank of Israel left the interest rate unchanged at 0.1% for January 2016.

Macro-Economic Forecast – Bank of Israel
The Bank of Israel revised its macro-economic forecast for the Israeli economy, according to which GDP is expected to grow by 2.8% in 2016 and 3.1% in 2017.

The rate of inflation expected for 2016 is 0.6%; the interest rate will remain unchanged at 0.1% for the first three quarters of the year, and then will begin to increase gradually.

Sector Indices

Foreign Exchange

Facts & Figures
The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange features in November 2015:

• 461 companies listing equities.
• 640 Exchange Traded Notes.
• 33 series of government bonds.
• 63 Series of Institutional bonds.
• 604 series of corporate bonds.
• 1,370 mutual funds.
• Market Cap. (US$ billions)
  • Equities - 237
  • Government bonds – 130
  • Corporate bonds – 84

About TASE 
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.

International
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) 8160405/6

Visit the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange's Website: www.tase.co.il

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