Qatar Stock Exchange’s (QSE) benchmark index lost 188.92 points, or 1.82 percent, last week when the bourse closed yesterday at 10,188.97 points.
Trading value during last week increased by 8.02 percent to reach QR1.03bn compared to QR955.86m. Trading volume increased by 8.65 percent to reach 332.24 million shares, as against 305.79 million shares, while the number of transactions rose by 5.69 percent, to reach 22,674 transactions as compared to 21,454 transactions. Market cap fell by 2.07 percent to reach QR563.42bn as compared to QR575.35bn at the end of previous week, reports QNA.
Banking and Financial Services sector led traded value last week with 48 percent of the total trading value. Industries sector accounted for 17.24 percent. Consumer Goods and Services sector accounted 14.36 percent and Real Estate sector accounted 7.05 percent. When compared on daily basis, the QSE index dropped 94.71 points, 0.92 percent, compared to Wednesday’s closing.
The volume of shares traded increased to 82.69 million from 62.73 million on Wednesday and the value of shares increased to QR300.32m from QR177.60m on Wednesday.
