Yediot Aharanot: The assassination in Damascus caused the fall in the value of the shekel and the stock market

according to the Hebrew group Tasnim news agency, Yediot Aharanot newspaper in a report published today, Tuesday announced that the assassination of a high-ranking official of Iran and the threats announced by Iran against Israel caused the Israeli stock market and currency to collapse, while the drone attack on Eilat and the killing of foreign aid workers in Gaza also had a double impact on this. .

According to this Hebrew media, since this morning, the shekel has lost one percent of its value against the dollar and the euro. As a lot of dollars are injected into the market, Russia Tel Aviv also took a downward trend today and with a decrease of 35 points, the Tel Aviv index recorded a 1.7 percent decrease, while the banks index recorded a decrease of 2.2 tenths.

Yossi Freeman, Managing Director of “Frico” Risk Management and Investment Company, told Ynet, the online edition of Yediot Aharanot newspaper: “The concern of increasing tension on the Syrian front, along with the assessments in The budget deficit has brought these losses to Israel above 8%.

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