Shekel
Amid shekel-dollar crisis: Hi-tech sector gains strength as Israel's main export with 58% in 2025
The trend is driven mainly by the sector's dominance of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) projects, which export these services overseas and are highly dependent on foreign-currency income.
Amdocs to lay off 3,000 employees
Shekel gains sharply despite interest rate cut
Bank of Israel cuts interest rates, inflation stable despite Iran war
20 million shekels in funding goes toward Arab, hi-tech integration
The Israel Innovation Authority and the Directorate General of Labor have published a tender in order to promote the incorporation of Arabs into Israel’s hi-tech sector.
Israeli shekel staged strong comeback in July
During July, the Israeli shekel strengthened 5.1% against the basket of the world's major currencies.
Shekel: Making dreams come true for Israelis with special needs
SHEKEL provides an astonishing, and growing, set of services for people with intellectual as well as physical disabilities throughout Israel.
Israel's TASE and shekel boosted by Ukraine de-escalation
On the TASE, the Tel Aviv 35 Index is currently 2.13% higher at 1992.53 points and the Tel Aviv 125 Index is 1.86% higher at 2077.36 points.
Shekel weakens ahead of European rate call
The Bank of Israel set the representative shekel-dollar rate down 0.284% from Tuesday, at NIS 3.160/$, and the representative shekel-euro rate was set 0.098% higher at NIS 3.575/euro.
Shekel opens month with gains against dollar
The US dollar has been sliding today against all the world's major currencies after rallying over the past month due to comments from Fed chairman Jerome Powell about tightening monetary policy.
Shekel weaker against dollar after Fed meeting
The shekel is weakening today against the dollar and strengthening against the euro.
Shekel at weakest in two months
The shekel has been depreciating over the past week as international stock markets fall and Israeli institutional investors are forced to sell shekels and buy foreign currency.
Wall Street rally fuels shekel surge
The shekel-dollar rate is currently down 0.75% in comparison with yesterday's representative rate, at NIS 3.114/$. The shekel-euro rate is down 0.5%, at NIS 3.5149/euro.
Bank of Israel keeps benchmark interest rate at 0.1% as inflation eases
The shekel last week reached a 26-year high versus the dollar and 20-year peak against the euro.
