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DOHA: Qatar Stock Exchange's (QSE) benchmark index gained 104.67 points, 1.23 percent, last week when the bourse closed yesterday at 8,630.67 points.
Trading value during last week decreased by 31.28 percent to reach QR866.12m compared to QR1.26bn.
Trading volume decreased by 39.02 percent to reach 37.80 million shares, as against 61.99 million shares, while the number of transactions rose by 6.85 percent, to reach 15,610 transactions as compared to 14,609 transactions.
Market cap rose by 1.07 percent to reach QR477.77bn as compared to QR472.71bn at the end of previous week.
Banking and financial services sector led traded value last week with 38.05 percent of the total trading value. Real estate sector accounted for 18.58 percent. Industries sector accounted for 17.21 percent and consumer goods and services sector accounted for 12.17 percent. Banking and financial services sector led traded volume last week with 31.17 percent of the total traded volume. Real estate sector accounted for 28.61 percent. Industries sector accounted for 20.29 percent and telecoms sector accounted for 5.92 percent.
Banking and financial services sector led traded number of transactions last week with 29.72 percent of the total number of transactions. Industries sector accounted for 22.42 percent. Real estate sector accounted for 18.19 percent and consumer goods and services sector accounted for 11.27 percent, reports QNA.
Out of the 45 listed companies 35 ended last week higher, while eight fell and two remained unchanged.
Masraf Al Rayan led trading vaWhen compared on daily basis, the QSE index gained 22.36 points, or 0.26 percent.
The volume of shares traded increased to 8.70 million from 8.60 million on Wednesday and the value of shares increased to QR236.61m from QR198.80m on Wednesday.
From the 45 companies, shares of 40 saw trading yesterday. Of these, 22 companies gained and 18 closed lower.
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