DOHA: Qatar Exchange index gained 235.28 points, 1.98 percent, this week when the bourse closed Thursday afternoon at 12,133.23 points.
Trading value during this week increased by 54.23 percent to reach QR1.58bn compared to QR991.11m.
Trading volume increased by 50.81 percent to reach 35,185,230 shares, as against 23,331,223 shares, while the number of transactions rose by 20.77 percent, to reach 17,051 transactions as compared to 14,119 transactions.
Market capitalization rose by 1.3 percent to reach about QR642.36bn as compared to about QR634.12bn at the end of previous week.
Banking and financial services sector led traded value this week with 31.03 percent of the total traded value. Real estate sector accounted for 27.23 percent. Industries sector accounted for 18.16 percent and consumer goods and services sector accounted 11.85 percent.
Real Estate sector led traded volume this week with 48.58 percent of the total traded volume. Banking and financial services sector accounted for 16.69 percent. Telecoms sector accounted for 12.28 percent and industries sector accounted 10.87 percent.
Real estate sector led traded number of transactions this week with 31.17 percent of the total number of transactions. Banking and financial services sector accounted for 22.25 percent. Industries sector accounted for 20.54 percent and telecoms sector accounted for 12.78 percent.
From the 43 listed companies 32 ended this week higher, while nine fell and two unchanged, QNA reported.
QNB led traded value during this week accounted for 17.55 percent of the total traded value. Ezdan Holding Group accounted for 13.13 percent and Barwa Real Estate accounted for 9.31 percent.
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