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Graphs & Data
NONRESIDENTS
Sales of government bonds and makam
Bonds and makam: In June, nonresidents sold around $370 million, net, in government bonds, and around $20 million, net, in makam. Preliminary figures for July indicate net sales of about $220 million in government bonds and of about $30 million in makam. In parallel, there were net payouts of $650 million on government bonds traded abroad that reached maturity.
Investments in Israeli shares: In June, nonresidents invested approximately a net $80 million in shares on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE), following net investments of about $840 million in January–May. Preliminary figures for July indicate net investments of about $90 million in TASE-traded shares.
Nonresidents' direct investment: In June, nonresidents' net direct investment in Israel totaled about $510 million, of which about $240 million was an investment in an Israeli software company.
RESIDENTS
Sales of foreign shares by institutional investors and investments in foreign bonds
Shares: In contrast to institutional investors’ trend between June 2012 and March 2013 of investment in foreign shares abroad (investments of about $5.1 billion), in June 2013, institutional investors sold a net $350 million, following sales of about $410 million in April-May. Sales by institutional investors were partially offset by net investments by the business sector (about $85 million) and by households (about $45 million).
Bonds: In June, Israeli residents invested about $170 million, net, abroad. Investments of about $210 million by institutional investors were offset by sales of about $30 million by households.
Direct investments abroad: In June, residents invested about $215 million, net, in direct investment abroad, most of which was by companies from the medical development and real estate industries.
