Smiles were seen in and around the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) Sunday, and facial expressions that finally fit the joyous nature of the Sukkot holiday. As all the major indices started the day, and the week with sharp rises.

At 12:18 the Tel Aviv 25 was up 3.47% to 777.09. The Tel Aviv 100 was up 3.65 % to 698.71. The technology index, the Tel-Tech was up 4.72% to 161.21, and Real Estate stocks were up 7.87% to 256.79.

The U.S. dollar was all the way up to NIS 3.73.