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| • The TA-25 index decreased 0.5% over the week, bringing its year-to-date return to 0.6%.
• The TA-100 index decreased 0.1% over the week, bringing its year-to-date increase to 2.1%.
• The TA BlueTech 50 index gained 1.8% while the TA Banks and the TA Real Estate-15 indices were off 3.9% and 1.3% respectively. Since the beginning of the year the TA BlueTech 50 and The TA Real Estate-15 indices increased 8.7% and 3.2% while TA Banks decreased 0.3%.
• The Treasury floated government bonds on the local market this week, equaling US $500 million. The year-to-date total of government bond issues to US $3.7 billion.
• The Bank of Israel left March interest rates unchanged at 2.5%.
• The Central Bureau of Statistics released that unemployment rate was 5.4% in the last quarter of 2011, compared to 5.6% in the third quarter of the year. The average 2011 figure decreased to 5.6%, compared to 6.6% in 2010.
• The NIS/ US dollar exchange rate on 1 March came to 3.784 a weekly increase of 0.7% against the shekel. Since the beginning of the year, the dollar has depreciated 1.0% against the NIS.
• The NIS/Euro exchange rate on 1 March came to 5.0371 a weekly increase of 0.1% against the shekel. Since the beginning of the year, the Euro has appreciated 2.0% against the NIS.
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