Doha, Qatar: The shares in Qatar’s stock market witnessed a notable bounce-bank as the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index surged 182.50 points or 1.69 percent, yesterday to close at 10,967.86 points helped by strong buying interest from investors.
The optimistic trend is expected to continue as the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index maintains bullish sentiment. The QSE general index increased at the end of trading on Sunday by 22.85 points, or 0.21 percent, to close at 10,785.36 points.
During yesterday’s session the volume of shares traded stood at 156.753 million from 127.328 million on Sunday and the value of shares reached QR453.535m from QR275.470m on January 4, as a result of implementing 26,726 deals in all sectors.
In the session, the shares of 46 companies rose, while the prices of five companies decreased, and six companies maintained their previous closing price.
At the end of the trading session, the market capitalisation reached QR656.921bn, compared to QR646.331bn in the previous session. The indices of all seven sectors ended in green zone, yesterday.
QSE figures attributed the recorded rise to positive performance of the transportation sector by 3.09%, banks and financial services 1.85%, insurance 1.74%, real estate 1.56%, industrials 1.16%, consumer goods and services sector 0.74% and telecoms 0.64%.
QSE Total Return Index gained 1.69% to 26,224.75, QSE Al Rayan Islamic index added 1.40 percent to 2,331.22 points and QSE All Share Index rose 1.65 percent to 4,136 points.
Top gainers in yesterday’s trade were QLM Life and Medical Insurance, Qatar Gas Transport, Qatar General Insurance and Reinsurance, Baladna Company, and Mannai Corporation rising by 7.2%, 4.14%, 3.03%, 2.88% and 2.87% respectively.
The banking sector emerged as a key driver with Qatar National Bank gaining 2.18%, Qatar Islamic Bank rising by 1.79%, Commercial Bank 1.22% while Doha Bank 1.40%. However, Ahli Bank saw a slight decline of 0.69%.
The insurance sector also performed well with QLM gaining 7.24%, Qatar Insurance 1.52%, and Doha Insurance Group increasing by 1.60%.
The industrial sector showed steady growth as QAMCO gained 0.61%, Industries Qatar was up by 1.17%, Qatar National Cement Company rose by 0.33%, and Zad Holding Company 0.22%.
The telecommunications sector also saw gains, with Ooredoo rising by 0.73%, and Vodafone Qatar increasing by 2.07%.
During the last year, QSE witnessed two listings in the main market. During January-2025, Al Mahhar Holding successfully transferred its listing from the QSE’s secondary/venture market to the main market. Additionally, Mosanada Facilities Management Services also completed a direct listing on the exchange’s main market on December 15, 2025.
The sector performance chart for the year showed gains for most of the sectors. The telecom index was the best performing index in 2025 with a gain of 23.9% led by the shares of Vodafone Qatar and Ooredoo which were up by 33.1% and 12.8%, respectively.
The banks and financial services index followed with a gain of 10.8% led by the positive performance of most of the constituent stocks. Doha Bank (+44.1) and Lesha Bank LLC (+37.4) witnessed strong gains during the year.
The consumer goods and services sector was the third-best performing sector during the year with a gain of 8.6%. On the other hand, the real estate index was the worst performing index during the year, declining by 5.4% y-o-y, followed by industrials that receded by 2.6%, respectively.
The decline in the real estate index came after most of the constituents of the index reported declines during the year. The Industrials sector was next with a decline of 2.6%.
