Doha - Mubasher: The CEO of the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) said that the inclusion of 22 Qatari companies in the FTSE Secondary Emerging Market Index had an impact on liquidity worth QAR 400 million.
The inclusion also changed the nature of trading in the market adding large international institutions to individual investors, said Rashid bin Ali Al-Mansoori, according to Qatar News Agency (QNA).
The commencement of margin trading on Wednesday through one of the brokerage firms is one of the ways to increase liquidity in the stock market, he added.
Al-Mansoori also expressed his confidence that the move will have a positive impact on the market and investors.