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Ballot boxes are prepared for Israel’s upcoming general election at the Central Elections Committee’s logistics center near Shoham, October 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Taking stock
Tel Aviv market slide points to investors betting on election deadlock
By Sharon Wrobel
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange research shows stocks typically sag before votes that end in stalemate, unlike those that result in stable governments, but it all evens out within months anyway
Illustrative: A worker collects engine oil as he works at a degassing station in the Zubair oil field near Basra, Iraq, on March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
July 8, 2026, 9:50 pm
Oil shoots back up and stocks slide as Trump indicates Iran ceasefire over
Brief spike above $80 a barrel declines somewhat later in the day; stocks also affected by AI boom
By AFP and ToI Staff
A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange displays the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
June 17, 2026, 1:12 pm
Oil prices fall, stocks rise amid optimism over US-Iran deal, reopening of Hormuz
Crude prices dropped as much as 10% after agreement announced, though expert says a failure to sign a lasting, long-term agreement ‘could rapidly reverse the recent decline’
By AFP
A view of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange on November 29, 2020. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
June 8, 2026, 12:38 pm
Tel Aviv shares drop, shekel recedes against dollar as fighting with Iran resumes
Crude prices jump over 4%, compounding dips in European and Asian markets, as financial and insurance indices lead losses on Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
By Sharon Wrobel and Agencies
An Iranian woman wrapped in the national flag performs noon prayers as people gather in Tehran's Revolution Square after the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, on April 8, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP) /
April 8, 2026, 3:24 pm
World leaders hail Iran truce as stocks rally, oil prices tumble
Two-week truce and reopening of Hormuz are welcomed by both Iran’s allies and Gulf states targeted by Tehran; France, Spain push for ceasefire to also include Israel’s fight with Hezbollah
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Elon Musk attends the finals for the NCAA wrestling championship, March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP/Matt Rourke, File)
April 1, 2026, 10:33 pm
SpaceX files for IPO, offering investors stake in Musk’s moon, Mars ambitions
Rocket and satellite company could be valued above $1.7 trillion; filing follows merger with xAI; listing may revive sluggish IPO market, draw retail and institutional investors
By Echo Wang and Manya Saini
A man walks past an electronic quotation board displaying numbers of the Nikkei Stock Average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange along a street in Tokyo on March 9, 2026. (Philip FONG / AFP)
March 9, 2026, 4:56 pm
Stock markets worldwide quake after oil prices briefly spike to almost $120 a barrel
With traffic frozen in Strait of Hormuz amid US-Israeli war with Iran, a barrel of Brent crude hit $119.50 on Monday, its highest price since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022
By STAN CHOE
Israeli-founded online trading platform eToro lists on the Nasdaq exchange, May 14, 2025. (Wachiwit/hapabapa via iStock)
May 14, 2025, 7:16 pm
Israeli-founded eToro debuts on Nasdaq at $4.3 billion valuation in long-awaited IPO
The online trading firm, which lets retail users buy and sell stocks, commodities, cryptoassets, hopes to raise $620 million from much-anticipated Wall Street listing
By Sharon Wrobel
View of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, April 7, 2025 (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
April 7, 2025, 3:14 pm
Global markets plunge amid growing panic after Trump doubles down on tariffs
Markets crash as China, Europe push back against US, with recession fears escalating and world economies bracing for impact; shares on Tel Aviv Stock Exchange tumble for 2nd day
By AFP and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he boards Air Force One before departing Miami International Airport, in Miami, Florida on April 3, 2025. Trump is travelling to his Mar-a-Lago Resort. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)
April 5, 2025, 7:11 pm
Trump tells Americans to ‘hang tough’ as markets crash, warns trade war ‘won’t be easy’
After tariff announcement leads to massive drop in global markets, president says US began an ‘economic revolution’ that it ‘will win,’ as world grapples with its effects
By AFP
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP/Seth Wenig)
April 3, 2025, 6:53 pm
US stocks lead global sell-off as Trump tariffs jolt markets
S&P, Dow Jones and Nasdaq all fall around 4% in early trading, while Tel Aviv indexes see more modest drops, after US president makes good on levy threat, rattling world economies
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (second from left), Tel Aviv Stock Exchange CEO Ittai Ben-Zeev (right), Israel Securities Authority chairman Seffy Zinger (left), and Finance Ministry director-general Shlomi Heizler (second from right) at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, on December 30, 2024. (Liel Simon)
December 31, 2024, 10:14 am
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange to shift to Monday-Friday trading week starting 2026
Alignment with the trading week of US and European stock markets is expected to ease local and international investments in Israeli capital markets
By Sharon Wrobel
Signs marking the intersection of Broad and Walls Streets stand near the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
October 2, 2024, 2:49 am
Stock markets slump, oil jumps as Iran attack sparks fear of all-out war in Mideast
Wall Street’s main indices fall in the immediate aftermath of the missile attack; tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped 1.5%
By AFP and ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) meets with the families of the hostages held by Hamas, outside of a hotel, in Tel Aviv, on May 1, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 1, 2024, 1:45 pm
Daily Briefing May 1: Day 208 – Strong political reactions to proposed hostage deal
Political correspondent Sam Sokol discusses far-right politicians’ statements on a potential agreement; Tech Israel editor Sharon Wrobel talks market reactions and Nvidia AI deal
By ToI Staff
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, December 25, 2018. (Adam Shuldman/Flash90/File)
December 24, 2023, 6:39 pm
Double whammy: Judicial overhaul, Hamas war batter Israeli markets in 2023
Local stocks underperformed global stocks this year, and remain cheap relative to those in other markets, but any rebound in 2024 will depend on security and political stability
By Sharon Wrobel
View of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange on November 29, 2020. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90/ File)
December 6, 2023, 11:05 pm
Israeli regulator finds no ‘suspicious’ or abnormal trading ahead of Hamas assault
Israel Securities Authority rebuffs US research claiming a ‘significant’ spike occurred in short-selling of Israeli stocks in period leading up to massacre
By Sharon Wrobel
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