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Tel Aviv shares take wing on Gaza ceasefire vibes
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSharon Wrobel is a tech reporter for The Times of Israel
Shares on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange are on the rise amid cautious optimism about a new US-led proposal to end the war in Gaza.
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange’s benchmark TA-125 index gains 2.3 percent in late morning trading, recouping the 1.5% it has fallen this month. The index is still up over 26% from the start of the year.
The TA-35 index of blue-chip companies rises 2.1%. The TA-90 index, which tracks the shares with the highest capitalization not included in the TA-35 index, leaps 2.9%, and the TA-Insurance index soars 5.3%.
“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the US over the weekend is fueling investor expectations for a pathway to a ceasefire deal to end the prolonged war in Gaza,” IBI investment house chief economist Rafi Gozlan tells The Times of Israel.
But investors could be in for a bumpy ride depending on how the proposals shake out, he warns.
“We are likely to see a more volatile market in the coming days as the real test for the materialization of the proposals is still ahead of us when Netanyahu returns from the visit,” Gozlan says.
The Times of Israel Community.