Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Weekly Review: 23-27 November 2014
TEL AVIV, Israel, November 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
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 income-producing real estate company "Spencer Equity" made a bond offering
TA-25
The TA-25 index increased 1.7% over the week, bringing year-to-date increase to 11.1%
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TA-100
The TA-100 index increased 1.4% over the week, bringing year-to-date 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.
Corporate Bonds
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 income-producing real estate in New York. Spencer Equity raised US $75 million.
In addition, three long-established companies - including two real estate companies - made bond offerings to the public of US $85 million.
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
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 $18.2 billion for the whole of 2013.
Credit Rating
The Fitch rating agency confirmed the "A" credit rating of the State of Israel, but lowered its outlook from "positive" to "stable".
BOI Interest Rate
The Bank of Israel left the interest rate unchanged at 0.25% for December 2014.
Composite State-of-the-Economy Index
The Bank of Israel released figures indicating that the Composite State of-the-Economy Index rose 0.1% in October. The rate of growth of the index continues to be slow, similar to the rate of growth since the beginning of the year.
Unemployment
The Central Bureau of Statistics released figures indicating that the unemployment rate decreased in October to 5.7%, compared with 6.3% in the previous month and the average for 2013.
Sector Indices
WEEK
2014
TA Bluetech 3.2% -8.0%
TA Banks 1.5% -2.3%
TA Real
Estate-15 0.8% 4.3%
Foreign Exchange
WEEK
2014
Dollar/NIS 1.4% 12.0%
Euro/NIS 0.8% 1.4%
Facts & Figures
The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange features in October 2014:
- 473 companies listing equities.
- 590 Exchange Traded Notes.
- 31 series of government bonds.
- 73 Series of Institutional bonds.
- 609 series of corporate bonds.
- 1,298 mutual funds.
- Market Cap. (US$ billions)
- Equities - 204
- Government bonds - 133
- Corporate bonds - 86
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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