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| • The TA-25 index increased 1.3% over the week, bringing year-to-date losses to 1.9%.
• The TA-100 index gained 1.1% over the week, up 0.3% since the beginning of the year.
• The TA BlueTech 50 and TA Real Estate-15 indices were up 1.3% and 0.2% respectively, while the TA Banks index stood out this week with a 0.8% decrease. Year-to-date, the TA BlueTech-50 has increased 21%, the TA Real Estate-15 gained 3%, while the TA Banks index fell 5%.
• The Government of Israel floated US $522 million bonds on the local market this past week, bringing the year-to-date total of government bond issues to US $8.9 billion.
• The Bank of Israel left the interest rate for June unchanged for the fifth consecutive month, at 2.5%.
• The NIS/US dollar exchange rate on 31 May came to 3.881 a weekly increase of 0.9% against the shekel. Since the beginning of the year, the dollar has appreciated 1.6% against the NIS.
• The NIS/Euro exchange rate on 31 May came to 4.8173 a decrease of 0.4% relative to the previous week. Since the beginning of the year, the Euro has depreciated 2.4% against the NIS.
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