Weekly Review: 11 - 15 November 2012

weekly review

 

11-15 November 2012

 

 

Trading during the second week of November ended lower for all leading TASE indices.

 

                                      

TA-25

The TA-25 index was off 2.5% over the week, bringing year-to-date return to 8.9%.

 

TA-100

The TA-100 index lost 2.5% over the week, bringing year-to-date return to 6.8%.

 

 

Government Bonds

The Israeli Ministry of Finance floated US $495 million bonds on the local market this past week, bringing the year-to-date total of government bond issues to US $19.3 billion.

Corporate Bond Issues

The private sector raised US $150 million corporate debt from the public since the beginning of the month and US $8.3 billion since the beginning of the year.

 

Sector Indices

 

WEEK

YTD

TA Bluetech-50

(0.5%)

20.6%

TA Banks

(1.6%)

15.0%

TA Real Estate-15

(3.5%)

  3.6%

Foreign Exchange

 

WEEK

YTD

Dollar/NIS

1.4%

3.4%

Euro/NIS

1.6%

2.1%

 

 

 

 

Facts & Figures

The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange features in October 2012:

·   555 companies listing equities.

·   440 index-tracking products.

·   33 series of government bonds.

·   640 series of corporate bonds.

·   1,282 mutual funds.

·   Market Cap. (US$ billions)

o    Equities - 161

o    Government bonds – 114

o    Corporate bonds - 92

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.