Qatar Stock Exchange’s (QSE) benchmark index lost 142.26 points, or 1.34 percent, last week when the bourse closed yesterday at 10,456.14 points.
Trading value during last week decreased by 30.50 percent to reach QR871.72m compared to QR1.25bn.
Trading volume decreased by 27.33 percent to reach 31.17 million shares, as against 42.89 million shares, while the number of transactions fell by 25.92 percent, to reach 18,359 transactions as compared to 24,782 transactions. Market cap fell by 0.96 percent to reach QR589.62bn as compared to QR595.35bn at the end of previous week.
Banking and Financial Services sector led traded value last week with 48.36 percent of the total traded value. Industries sector accounted for 15.70 percent. Real Estate sector accounted for 11.80 percent and Consumer Goods & Services sector accounted 7.71 percent, reports QNA.
Banking and Financial Services sector led traded volume last week with 42.99 percent of the total traded volume. Real Estate sector accounted for 19.00 percent. Industries sector accounted 11.33 percent and Telecoms sector accounted 10.35 percent.
Banking and Financial Services sector led traded number of transactions last week with 38.68 percent of the total number of transactions. Real Estate sector accounted for 18.23 percent. Industries sector accounted for 16.43 percent and Telecoms sector accounted for 9.62 percent.
From the 45 listed companies seven ended last week higher, while 36 fell and two remained unchanged. QNB led trading value during last week accounted for 17.97 percent of the total traded value. Masraf Al Rayan accounted for 6.81 percent and Industries Qatar accounted 6.73 percent.
When compared on daily basis, the QSE index gained 22.58 points, 0.22 percent, when the bourse closed trading at 10,456.14 points. The volume of shares traded increased to 6.72 million from 4.43 million on Wednesday and the value of shares increased to QR225.39m from QR152.73m on Wednesday.
