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Tel Aviv stock market falls back to 2005 levels By Yuval Maoz and Nimrod Halpern Tags: Economics, Finance  The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange recorded steep drops yesterday, with the bond indices taking a particularly hard drubbing.(See page 8) The TA-25 index fell by 3% yesterday to 670 points, its lowest level since August 2005. Over the week, the index lost 8.3%. The TA-100 fell 5.6% yesterday to 595 points and lost 10.4% for the week. The Real Estate index took a 15.8% dive yesterday, for a loss of 31% on the week. Turnover was NIS 1.9 billion. Tomorrow, the consumer price index figures for October will be released, with experts predicting an increase of up to 0.2%. Advertisement Shares of Africa Israel fell sharply, as did the company's 21 series bonds, which are traded on the Tel Bond-20 index. Africa lost 30% yesterday, or NIS 904 million. Leviev, the controlling shareholder with 74.83%, or NIS 677 million, said he has instructed the company's operations managers around the world to introduce efficiency measures in anticipation of a deepening of the global financial crisis. Another big loser on the TA-25 was the Delek Group, with a 29% decline in the share price, or NIS 806 million. Good news for some, at least, came yesterday in the 1.34% rally of the dollar against the shekel. At NIS 3.928 to the dollar, it's the highest the U.S. currency has been this year. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Enough is enough Livni says time will come when Israel tells Gaza militants: Enough! Oxbridge anti-Semitism Report: Oxford students face anti-Semitism charges over 'pretty Jewish girls' party.

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