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| • The TA-25 index increased 1.0% over the week, bringing year-to-date up to 3.2%.
• The TA-100 index gained 1.5% over the week, up 2.2% since the beginning of the year.
• The TA BlueTech-50 and the TA Real Estate-15 indices increased 3.2% and 2.1% respectively, while TA Banks index decreased 0.3% over the week. Since the beginning of the year the BlueTech-50 index increased 27%, while the TA Real Estate-15 and TA Banks indices decreased 11% and 8% 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 $ 15.1 billion, as opposed to US $ 18 billion in the 2011 calendar year.
• The Bank of Israel left the interest rate for September unchanged for the third consecutive month, at 2.25%.
• The Dollar/NIS exchange rate on August 30 came to 4.043 NIS, a weekly increase of 0.4% against the shekel. Since the beginning of the year, the dollar has appreciated 5.8% against the NIS.
• The Euro/NIS exchange rate on August 30 came to 5.0697 NIS, a weekly increase of 0.5% against the shekel. Since the beginning of the year, the Euro has appreciated 2.7% against the NIS.
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