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The TA-35 index, which tracks the 35 largest companies listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, surpassed the 3,000-point mark for the first time on July 3, 2025\u2014an increase of 17% since the beginning of the year. The broader TA-125 index has risen by 20.3% over the same period, outperforming major global benchmarks such as the S&P 500 (+14% in 2024) and the MSCI Europe (+6% in 2024).<\/p>\n
The biggest winners include Elbit Systems (Defense) with a 62% gain and Phoenix Holdings (Finance) with a 68% rise. Meanwhile, the Israeli shekel has strengthened by 11% so far in 2025.<\/p>\n
In stark contrast, the Tehran Stock Exchange and the Iranian rial are hitting new record lows almost daily\u2014figures that hardly need describing, so severe are the economic consequences.<\/p>\n
Since the late 1970s, had the Iranian regime chosen a path of openness instead of isolation driven by its nuclear ambitions, it could have saved an estimated $1 trillion<\/em>. This could have been invested in infrastructure, research, renewable energy, fossil fuel development, education, healthcare, food security, agriculture, pensions, and social services\u2014ultimately benefiting its people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The TA-35 index, which tracks the 35 largest companies listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, surpassed the 3,000-point mark for the first time on July 3, 2025\u2014an increase of 17% since the beginning of the year. The broader TA-125 index has risen by 20.3% over the same period, outperforming major global benchmarks such as…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":29779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[648942631,648942938],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iran-2","category-israel-3"],"yoast_head":"\n