Mubasher: The Qatar stock exchange (QSE) ended Monday in the green, encouraged by the growth of six sectors amid high liquidity.
The general index rose 0.72%, or 65.58 points, to 9,211.02 points.
The QSE’s liquidity jumped to QAR 888.54 million on Monday from QAR 203.47 million on Sunday, while the trading volume inched down to 11.75 million shares against 11.87 million in the previous session.
The real estate sector topped the six gainers adding 2.68% after the increase of Ezdan Holding Group and Barwa Real Estate by 3.82% and 1.33%, respectively.
Similarly, the banking sector rose 0.78% as Qatar First Bank levelled up 2.16%, while the industrial sector went up 0.51% led by Gulf International Services’s 3.08% jump.
Meanwhile, the goods and services sector was the market’s only loser with 0.18% after the Medicare Group dropped 4.50%.
Qatar First Bank headed the QSE’s trading volume with 5.05 million shares, generating QAR 37.9 million.