The shekel also gained ground against the euro in morning inter-bank trading after Spain successfully sold bonds worth €3.2 billion.
The shekel is weaker against the dollar but stronger against the euro in inter-bank trading today. The shekel-dollar exchange rate is up 0.3%, compared with yesterday's representative rate, to $3.765/$, and the shekel-euro exchange rate is down 0.11% at NIS 4.928/€.
In international markets, the dollar is trading unchanged at $1.31/€ and is weakening against the yen at ¥81.4/$.
The main indices on Wall Street rose yesterday calming fears about the euro zone crisis spreading to Spain, which successfully sold 12 month and 18 month bonds worth €3.2 billion.
Also in the markets yesterday, the IMF raised its 2012 growth forecast for the US economy to 2.1% from 1.8%.
Published by Globes, Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on April 17, 2012
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