The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange registered sharp losses on Thursday, as stocks dropped around the world.The Tel Aviv 25 Index dropped 2.64 percent to 101.45 points, while the Tel Tech was down 3.49% to 234.45. The Real Estate Index saw a 4.91% loss to 268.87 points.The dollar was down against the shekel by 0.49% to NIS 3.38.RELATED:
Your investments: Fall from a Greek tragedy
Athens and Jerusalem
Internationally, concern over Europe's debt crisis and figures showing an unexpected increase in US jobless claims last week left most of the world's leading indexes now trading below where they started 2010.In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was down 101.74points, or 2 percent, at 5,056.34 while Germany's DAX slid 140.31points, or 2.3 percent, to 5,848.36. The CAC-40 in France was 102.60points, or 2.9 percent, lower at 3,409.07.if(window.location.pathname.indexOf("656089") != -1){document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";}else if(window.location.pathname.indexOf("/israel-news/") != -1){ document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none"; var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://player.anyclip.com/anyclip-widget/lre-widget/prod/v1/src/lre.js'; script.setAttribute('pubname','jpostcom'); script.setAttribute('widgetname','0011r00001lcD1i_12258'); document.getElementsByClassName('divAnyClip')[0].appendChild(script);}Things got no better at the US open — the Dow Jones industrial averageplunged 197.93 points, or 1.9 percent, while the broader Standard &Poor's 500 futures slid 23.81 points, or 2.1 percent, to 1,091.24.The European debt crisis continues to be the main point of interest inthe markets and fears are growing that it may prove to be the catalystto a renewed downturn in global growth, if not an outright slide backinto recession — while stocks tank, oil prices have slid below $70 abarrel but US Treasuries have surged.Further weighing on sentiment was the news that new claims forunemployment benefits in the U.S. rose by 25,000 to a three-month highof 471,000 — the consensus in the markets was for a modest fall to440,000.
Your investments: Fall from a Greek tragedy
Athens and Jerusalem
Internationally, concern over Europe's debt crisis and figures showing an unexpected increase in US jobless claims last week left most of the world's leading indexes now trading below where they started 2010.In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was down 101.74points, or 2 percent, at 5,056.34 while Germany's DAX slid 140.31points, or 2.3 percent, to 5,848.36. The CAC-40 in France was 102.60points, or 2.9 percent, lower at 3,409.07.if(window.location.pathname.indexOf("656089") != -1){document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";}else if(window.location.pathname.indexOf("/israel-news/") != -1){ document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none"; var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://player.anyclip.com/anyclip-widget/lre-widget/prod/v1/src/lre.js'; script.setAttribute('pubname','jpostcom'); script.setAttribute('widgetname','0011r00001lcD1i_12258'); document.getElementsByClassName('divAnyClip')[0].appendChild(script);}Things got no better at the US open — the Dow Jones industrial averageplunged 197.93 points, or 1.9 percent, while the broader Standard &Poor's 500 futures slid 23.81 points, or 2.1 percent, to 1,091.24.The European debt crisis continues to be the main point of interest inthe markets and fears are growing that it may prove to be the catalystto a renewed downturn in global growth, if not an outright slide backinto recession — while stocks tank, oil prices have slid below $70 abarrel but US Treasuries have surged.Further weighing on sentiment was the news that new claims forunemployment benefits in the U.S. rose by 25,000 to a three-month highof 471,000 — the consensus in the markets was for a modest fall to440,000.
