Doha: Qatar Exchange index gained 69.02 points (0.78 percent) this week when it closed at 8,916.90 points at the end of the trading session here yesterday.
The trading value increased by 1.26 percent when it reached QR1,748,901,534.75 this week compared to QR 1,727,196,761.88 the previous week.
The trading volume decreased by 4.62 percent when it reached 50,796,841 shares as against 53,255,093 last week while the 22,673 transactions this week was an increase by 1.56 percent compared to 22,324 transactions last week.
The market capitalisation rose by 0.84 percent when it reached QR498,072,547,917.27 as compared to QR493,906,795,541.18 at the end of previous week.
Banks and financial services sector led the trading value this week with 37.95 percent of the total traded value. Real estate accounted for 16.47 percent; industries accounted for 15.75 percent and consumer goods and services accounted for 11.76 percent.
Real estate led the traded volume this week with 29.75 percent of the total traded volume. Banks and financial services accounted for 24.33 percent. Telecom accounted for 15.56 percent and transportation accounted for 15.31 percent.
Banks and financial services led the number of transactions this week with 28.69 percent of the total number of transactions. Real estate accounted for 21.67 percent. Industries accounted for 16.87 percent and consumer goods and services accounted for 11.46 percent.
From the 42 listed companies 28 ended this week higher while 11 fell and three remained unchanged.
Qatar National Bank led the traded value this week with 16.27 percent of the total traded value. Industries Qatar accounted for 9.86 percent and the United Development Company accounted for 8.90 percent. QNA
