Official vote count under way in Israeli election

The official vote count is underway in Israel following its national election, with the Central Elections Committee tallying ballots to determine the final seat allocation in the Knesset. Election outcomes in Israel typically transmit to markets through the policy-expectations channel, shaping investor views on fiscal direction, defense spending, judicial and regulatory reform, and the government's posture toward its regional commitments, which in turn affects sovereign risk premia and the shekel. Israeli government bonds and the shekel are the most directly exposed, as foreign portfolio flows and local institutional demand react to perceived coalition stability and the likelihood of protracted negotiations. Traders will watch the final certified results and the Knesset's coalition-formation timeline, particularly the president's assignment of the mandate, as the next concrete signals of whether the resulting government will be stable enough to anchor the fiscal and currency outlook.

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