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DOHA: Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) main index lost 22.09 points, or 0.25 percent, last week when the bourse closed at 8,825.70 points.
Trading value during last week decreased by 40.39 percent to reach QR1.65bn compared to QR2.77bn at the closing of previous week.
Trading volume decreased by 14.57 percent to reach 76.70 million shares, as against 89.78 million shares, while the number of transactions fell by 15.02 percent, to reach 24,688 transactions as compared to 29,051 transactions.
Market cap rose by 0.99 percent to reach QR485.44bn as compared to QR480.67bn at the end of previous week.
Banking and Financial Services sector led traded value last week with 35.58 percent of the total traded value. Industries sector accounted for 19.61 percent. Insurance sector accounted for 14.80 percent and Telecoms sector accounted for 9.71 percent.
Banking and Financial Services sector led traded volume last week with 29.98 percent of the total traded volume. Industries sector accounted for 21.58 percent. Telecoms sector accounted for 19.41 percent and Real Estate sector accounted for 12.63 percent.
Banking and Financial Services sector led traded number of transactions last week with 30.46 percent of the total number of transactions. Industries sector accounted for 20.11 percent. Real Estate sector accounted for 14.60 percent and Telecoms sector accounted for 11.28 percent.
Out of the 46 companies listed at QSE, 24 companies ended last week higher, while 18 fell and three remained unchanged, reports QNA.
Qatar Insurance led trading value during last week accounted for 14.54 percent of the total traded value. QNB accounted for 11.52 percent and Vodafone Qatar accounted for 7.46 percent.
When compared on daily basis, the QSE index dropped 47.68 points, or 0.54 percent. The volume of shares traded increased to 16.38 million from 11.73 million on Wednesday and the value of shares increased to QR281.03m from QR278.50m on Wednesday.
Out of the 46 companies, shares of 42 saw trading yesterday. From these, 13 companies gained, 27 companies closed lower, two remained unchanged.
Indices of three sectors ended in red and four sectors ended in green yesterday. QSE Total Return Index dropped 0.18 percent to 15,502.91 points and QSE Al Rayan Islamic Index lost 0.18 percent to 3,655.60 points. QSE All Share Index decreased 0.05 percent to 2,602.39 points.
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