Mubasher: The Qatar Stock Exchange’s (QSE) general index fell 35.37 points, or 0.34%, at the end of Tuesday’s session to close at 10,458.85 points.
The QSE’s liquidity retreated to QAR 301.21 million on Tuesday, against QAR 333.39 million in the previous session, while trading volume plunged to 17.78 million shares, compared to 18.49 million shares on Monday.
The banking sector topped the decliners with 0.88%, pressured by the retreat of eight stocks headed by heavyweight Qatar National Bank (QNB) with 1.01%.
The real estate sector topped the risers, adding 3.90%, on the back of the growth of four stocks led by Ezdan Holding Group with 5.92% to QAR 15.03, its highest level since May 2017.
The industrials sector hiked 0.29%, supported by the growth of Qatari Investors Group with 2.80%.
Qatar Industrial Manufacturing led Tuesday’s fallers, tumbling 1.97%, while Qatari German for Medical Devices, topped gainers and jumped 7.89% to QAR 6.70, its highest level since November 2017.
Qatar First Bank’s (QFB) stock, down 0.23%, topped the QSE in terms of trading volume with 3.72 million shares, while QNB’s stock registered the highest turnover with QAR 45.61 million.
