DOHA: Qatar Stock Exchange’s (QSE) benchmark index lost 75.36 points, or 0.70 percent, last week when the bourse closed yesterday at 10,712.39 points.
Trading value during last week decreased by 20.58 percent to reach QR1.15bn compared to QR1.45bn.
Trading volume decreased by 20.64 percent to reach 39.06 million shares, as against 49.22 million shares, while the number of transactions fell by 24.07 percent, to reach 25,624 transactions as compared to 33,745 transactions.
Market cap fell by 0.17 percent to reach QR615.86bn as compared to QR616.90bn at the end of previous week, reports QNA.
Banking and Financial Services sector led traded value last week with 44.7 percent of the total traded value. Industries sector accounted for 23.63 percent. The Real Estate sector ranked third, accounting for 9.01 percent and Consumer Goods and Services sector accounted 8.79 percent.
Banking and Financial Services sector led traded volume last week with 42.11 percent of the total traded volume. Industries sector accounted for 27.95 percent. Real Estate sector accounted for 13.16 percent and Transportation sector accounted 5.81 percent.
Industries sector led traded number of transactions last week with 35.24 percent of the total number of transactions. Banking and Financial Services sector accounted for 27.86 percent. Real Estate sector accounted for 12.05 percent and Consumer Goods and Services sector accounted for 9.14 percent.
From the 46 listed companies 12 ended last week higher, while 33 fell and one remained unchanged.
QNB led traded value during last week accounted for 16.32 percent of the total traded value. Industries Qatar accounted for 7.96 percent and Masraf Al Rayan accounted 7.58 percent.
When compared on daily basis, the QSE index gained 62.08 points, or 0.58 percent, yesterday compared to Wednesday’s closing.
The volume of shares traded increased to 8.07 million from 7.57 million on Wednesday and the value of shares increased to QR324.26m from QR185.01m on Wednesday.
