Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Weekly Review: 15-19 March 2015

TEL AVIV, Israel, March 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

Trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) during the third week of March ended up for all leading TASE indices; 

Continued offerings in the bond market  

Israel Railways raised US $249 million in an initial bond offering 

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TA-25 

The TA-25 index increased 2.3% over the week and increased 9.3% since the beginning of the year, after an increase of 10.2% for the whole of 2014.

TA-100  

The TA-100 index increased 2.2% over the week and increased 9.1% since the beginning of the year, after an increase of 6.7% for the whole of 2014.

TA-Oil & Gas 

The TA-Oil & Gas index increased 4.3% over the week and increased 1.9% since the beginning of the year, after a decrease of 20% for the whole of 2014.

Corporate Bonds 

This week the Government company Israel Railways raised US $249 million in an initial bond offering on the TASE.

Since the beginning of the year, the business sector has raised US $3.2 billion through bond offerings.

In 2014 the business sector raised US $16.1 billion through bond offerings on the TASE.

Share Offering 

This week there was a rights issue by a biomed company amounting to US $4.5 million.    

Since the beginning of the year, the business sector raised US $375 million in the share market on the TASE.

In 2014 the business sector raised US $2.1 billion through shares on the TASE.

CPI Index  

Figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics indicate that the Consumer Price Index decreased by 0.7% in February 2015, and decreased by 1.6% in the first two months of 2015, after decreasing by 0.2% in 2014.

Shortened Trading Week 

The third trading week in March was shortened to 4 days. There was no trading on the TASE on Tuesday, March 17, due to the Elections to the 20^th Knesset.

Sector Indices

   

                     WEEK
                           2015
    TA Tech-Elite    2.7% 20.0%
    TA Banks         0.4%  1.3%
    TA Real
    Estate-15        2.0% 15.3%

Foreign Exchange

   
               WEEK
                       2015
    Dollar/NIS -0.2%   3.0%
    Euro/NIS    0.1%  -9.7%

Facts & Figures 

The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange features in February 2015:

• 471 companies listing equities.
• 616 Exchange Traded Notes.
• 29 series of government bonds.
• 74 Series of Institutional bonds.
• 604 series of corporate bonds.
• 1,328 mutual funds.
• Market Cap. (US$ billions)
  • Equities - 204
  • Government bonds - 128
  • Corporate bonds - 80

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: http://www.tase.co.il

SOURCE Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE)

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