Qatar Stock Exchange’s (QSE) index lost 330.44 points, or 3.27 percent, last week when the bourse closed yesterday at 9,781.18 points.
Trading value during last week decreased by 39.07 percent to reach QR961.79m compared to QR1.57bn.
Trading volume decreased by 32.43 percent to reach 33.05 million shares, as against 48.92 million shares, while the number of transactions fell by 22.73 percent, to reach 23,348 transactions as compared to 30,217 transactions.
Market cap fell by 3.80 percent to reach QR556.06bn as compared to QR578.05bn at the end of previous week, reports QNA. Industries sector led traded value last week with 35.6 percent of the total traded value. Banking and Financial Services sector accounted for 31.46 percent. Real Estate sector accounted for 10.66 percent and Consumer Goods and Services sector accounted 8.59 percent.
Industries sector led traded volume last week with 44.59 percent of the total traded volume. Banking and Financial Services sector accounted for 18.81 percent. Real Estate sector accounted for 18.00 percent and Telecoms sector accounted 7.94 percent.
Industries sector led traded number of transactions last week with 37.87 percent of the total number of transactions. Banking and Financial Services sector accounted for 22.06 percent. Real Estate sector accounted for 16.49 percent and Telecoms sector accounted for 8.76 percent.
From the 46 listed companies 13 ended last week higher, while 31 fell and two remained unchanged.
QNB led trading value during last week accounted for 13.28 percent of the total traded value. Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding Company accounted for 13.16 percent and Industries Qatar accounted 10.33 percent.
When compared on daily basis the QSE index dropped 103.03 points, or 1.04 percent, yesterday compared to Wednesday’s closing. The volume of shares traded decreased to 7,423,070 from 7,575,618 on Wednesday and the value of shares decreased to QR222.24m from QR241.76m on Wednesday.
