After Canada, Israel is the second foreign country with the most listings in the U.S. markets. Many of the Israeli companies trade on the NASDAQ since operate in the hi-tech sector. Despite the never-ending turmoil in the Middle East, Israelis continue to be highly research-oriented, innovative and entrepreneurial. Many world-class companies have evolved from Israel. In fact two of the companies Check Point(CHKP) and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. (TEVA) are part of the prestigious Nasdaq 100 Index. Israeli companies excel is the semiconductor and drug industries.
The Israeli Stocks Traded in the U.S. are shown below:
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