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| • The TA-25 index decreased 0.7% over the week, bringing year-to-date return to 1.3%.
• The TA-100 index decreased 1.4% over the week, is now up 0.4% since the beginning of the year.
• The TA Real Estate-15 index stood out this week with 6.3% decline while TA BlueTech-50 decreased 1.8% and TA Banks index increased 1.8%.
Since the beginning of the year the BlueTech-50 increased 23%, while the TA Real Estate-15 and TA Banks decreased 12% and 10% respectively.
• The government of Israel floated US 530 million bonds on the local market in this past week, bringing the year-to-date total of government bond issues to US $ 14.1 billion, as opposed to US $ 18 billion in the 2011 calendar year.
• The Central Bureau of Statistics released inflation figures indicating a 0.1% Increase in the CPI in July, after a 1% increase during the first half of 2012.
• The NIS/dollar exchange rate on August 16 came to 4.043 NIS, a weekly increase of 1.0% against the shekel. Since the beginning of the year, the dollar has appreciated 5.8% against the NIS.
• The NIS/Euro exchange rate on August 16 came to 4.9614 NIS, a weekly increase of 0.9% against the shekel. Since the beginning of the year, the Euro has appreciated 0.5% against the NIS.
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