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| In keeping with global trends, trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) during the first week of August was volatile, ending in gains for all leading indices.
The TA-25 index which increased 2.8% over the week is now higher by 0.4% from its level at the beginning of the year, following a 75% increase in 2009.
The TA-100 index which, rose 3.2% this week, is still off 0.3% from its level at the beginning of this year. This follows a 89% increase in 2009.
The Real Estate-15 index closed the week with a 3.4% increase. The Finance index and the Tel Tech-15 index, gained 1.7%.
Three real estate companies raised US $230 million this week in public bond offerings. The total of public and institutional bond issues since the beginning of the year comes to US $6.9 billion, compared with US $9.3 billion raised in the 2009 calendar year.
The Israeli treasury raised US $230 million this week in a local government bond issue, bringing the 2010 total to US $8.5 billion after total of US $17.4 billion raised in 2009.
Figures released this week by the Bank of Israel indicates an end to the four-month trend of foreign investors to trim positions in Israeli equities, following MSCI’s upgrade of the Israeli market.
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