Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Weekly Review 30 March - 3 April 2014

TEL AVIV, April 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --



Trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) ended up for all leadingTASE indices. 

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TA-25  

The TA-25 index increased 1.4% over the week, bringing year-to-date increase to 6.6%.

TA-100  

The TA-100 index increased 1.5% over the week, bringing year-to-date increase to 7.7%.

TA-BlueTech-50  

The TA- Com increased 1.9% over the week, bringing year-to-date increase to 7.0%.

Government Bonds 

This week the Ministry of Finance (MoF) made a public bond offering listed on the TASE amounting to US $0.3 billion.

In the first quarter of the year the MoF raised US $4.1 billion in bond offerings in Israel as opposed to US $18.2 billion for the whole of 2013.

ETN Offerings 

5 new ETNs were issued this week on foreign share indices, of which 3 were currency-neutral certificates.

In addition a currency-neutral compound certificate was issued on a combination of indices.

Sector Indices

                     WEEK 2014
    TA Bluetech-50   1.9% 7.0%
    TA Banks         0.6% 0.6%
    TA Real
    Estate-15        0.5% 3.8%

Foreign Exchange

               WEEK   2014
    Dollar/NIS -0.7%  0.0%
    Euro/NIS   -0.7% -0.1%

Facts & Figures 

The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange features in March 2014:

• 488 companies listing equities.
• 555 Exchange Traded Notes.
• 33 series of government bonds.
• 72 Series of Institutional bonds.
• 605 series of corporate bonds.
• 1,271 mutual funds.
• Market Cap. (US$ billions)
  • Equities - 219
  • Government bonds - 139

Corporate bonds - 88

AboutTASE 

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(3)5677-405/6

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

SOURCE Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd