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| • The TA-25 did not change over the week, bringing the year-to-date return to 12%.
• The TA-100 rose 0.2% over the week, bringing the year-to-date return to 10%.
• The TA Real Estate-15 and TA Banks indices rose 3.3% and 1.5% respectively, while the TA BlueTech-50 index was off 1.3% over the week. Year-to-date, the TA BlueTech-50 index increased 24%, TA Banks index 17% and the TA Real Estate-15 index 6%.
• With the increase in the number of TASE-listed technology companies and as part of its efforts to position itself as a hub for high-tech issues, TASE is launching two new industrial sector classifications: "Technology" and "Biomed", under which all TASE-listed technology companies will be concentrated. Accordingly, as of November 1, 2012 TASE's 138 technology companies will be re-classified.
• The Government of Israel floated US $420 million bonds on the local market this past week, bringing the year-to-date total of government bond issues to US $17.4 billion, as opposed to US $18 billion in the entire 2011 year.
• Figures released by Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) indicate that the Consumer Price Index remained unchanged in September, after increasing 2.1% since the beginning of the year.
• The CBS also 2012 released growth figures, indicating an estimated growth rate of 3.5%, as opposed to 4.6% and 5.0% in 2011 and 2010 respectively.
• Figures released by the Bank of Israel reveal that foreign investors invested a net US $165 million shares in August and a total net US $600 million since the beginning of the year. Foreign investors also invested a net US $90 million in government bonds in August, after liquidating US 1 billion government bonds since the beginning of the year.
• The NIS/US dollar exchange rate on 18 October came to 3.809, depreciating 0.8% against the NIS over the week. Since the beginning of the year, the dollar has depreciated 0.3% against the NIS.
• The NIS/Euro exchange rate on 18 October came to 4.9913, increasing against the NIS 0.2% over the week. Since the beginning of the year, the Euro has appreciated 1.1% against the NIS.
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