By Barry Davidson
Monday 14 December 2009
Tel Aviv--Markets were mixed at the close of trading, Monday, on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE).
Stock trading was up, while bond trading was slightly down.
Israeli newspaper "Globes" reported yesterday that the TASE markets were encouraged by the positive reports by the International Monetary Fund on Israel's monetary policies.
General 941.94 0.56%
TA-25 1,128.39 0.78%
TA-100 1,044.21 0.76%
TA-75 768.38 0.58%
Tel-Tech 15 229.63 1.15%
Finance-15 1,187.40 0.94%
Estate-15 299.61 -0.46%
TA-Banks 1,296.55 1.46%
Also contributing to the upward confidence in TASE stock trading on Monday was reports that the central bank of the United Arab Emerites, based in Abu Dabi, would bailed out financially strained Dubai.
At the close of Monday's active trading on the TASE, the Tel - Div 20 index closed at 1,280.64, up 0.41%. The Maala index closed at 967.80, up 0.95%. The Mid-Cap 50 index closed at 388.91, down 0.30%. The Mid Cap-120 index closed at 775.56, down 0.13%. The Yeter-Rest of Shares & Convertibles index closed at 882.99, down 0.03%.
Turning to bonds trading at the close of Monday's markets on the TASE, the All Bonds index closed at 245.05, down 0.31%. The CPI Linked Government Bonds (Galil) index closed at 248.61, down 0.40%. The Non-Linked Government Bonds index closed at 292.35, down 0.22%. The Non-Linked, Fixed Interest, Gov. Bonds (Shahar) index closed at 320.09, down 0.29%. The Non-Linked , Floating Interest, Gov. Bonds (Gilon) index closed at 252.63, with no change. The Tel-Bond 20 index closed at 246.25, down 0.63%. The Tel-Bond 40 index closed at 234.68, down 0.57%. The Tel-Bond 60 index closed at 241.17, down 0.61%. The Tel Bond-Shekel index closed at 245.04, down 0.65%. The CPI-Linked Non-Government Bonds index closed at 241.72, down 0.39%. The Currency-Linked, Non-Government Bonds index closed at 170.70, down 0.09%. The Short Term Treasury Bill index closed at 250.81, up 0.01%.
