Weekly Review: 21 - 25 October 2012 Trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) in the fourth week of October was marked by a mixed trend.

• The TA-25 decreased 0.6% over the week, bringing the year-to-date return to 11%.

• The TA-100 decreased 0.5% over the week, is now up 10% since the beginning of the year.

• The TA Banks and Real Estate-15 indices increased 2.0% and 0.6% respectively, while the TA BlueTech-50 index decreased 2.9% over the week. Year-to-date, the TA BlueTech-50 index increased 21%, TA Banks index 19% and the TA Real Estate-15 index 6%.

• The Government of Israel floated US $470 million bonds on the local market this past week, bringing the year-to-date total of government bond issues to US $17.9 billion, as opposed to US $18 billion in the entire 2011 year.

• The NIS/US dollar exchange rate on 25 October came to 3.858, a weekly increase of 0.9% against the shekel. Since the beginning of the year, the dollar has appreciated 1.0% against the NIS.

• The NIS/Euro exchange rate on 25 October came to 5.0085, a weekly increase of 0.4% against the shekel. Since the beginning of the year, the Euro has appreciated 1.4% against the NIS.