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| • The TA-25 index gained 6.9% over the two-week period, but is still 15.4% lower than its beginning-of-the-year level, following a 16% increase in 2010.
• The TA-100 index, which gained 7.2%, is 16.8% lower than at the beginning of the year, following a 15% increase in 2010.
• The TA Real Estate-15 and the TA-Banks indices climbed 10.5% and the TA BlueTech index increased 5.0%.
• With the completion of the merger between Makhteshim Agan and the China National Agrochemical Corporation, the company's shares have been delisted and deleted from the TA-25 and TA-100 indices, as of the 18.10.2011 trading day.
• Over the past two weeks, the Government of Israel floated government bonds on the local market equaling US $445 million. Since the beginning of the year, the government has raised US $13.2 billion in government bond issues, as opposed to US $15.2 billion in the 2010 calendar year.
• The CPI index declined 0.2% in September, following a year-to-date increase of 2.4%.
• The TASE Board of Directors approved the membership application of Citigroup Financial Products Israel. Citigroup becomes the seventh international member, joining HSBC, UBS, Deutsche Bank Securities, Citibank, Merrill Lynch International and Barclays Bank, which became a member last August.
• The NIS/dollar exchange rate on 18 October came to 3.651 NIS, a bi-weekly decrease of 2.0% against the shekel, which brings the year-to-date appreciation of the dollar to 2.9% as well, after depreciating 6% in 2010.
• The NIS/Euro exchange rate on 18 October came to 4.996 NIS up 1.1% over the past two weeks. The Euro has appreciated 5.4% against the NIS since the beginning of the year, after depreciating 12.9% in 2010.
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