Mubasher: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) started Tuesday's trading session in positive territory, encouraged by the growth of five sectors.
By 9:55 am Qatar time, the main index jumped 39.58 points, or 0.42%, to 9,474.87 points.
Te bourse’s trading volume reached 663,400 shares exchanged with a turnover of QAR 33.1 million through 399 transactions.
The industrials sector inched up 0.96% as Industries Qatar’s stock rose 1.51% to QAR 121.70.
The banks and financial services sector also edged up 0.16% after the stocks of Islamic Holding Group (IHG) and Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) levelled up 1.08% and 0.92%, respectively.
On the flipside, the real estate sector fell 0.31% after Ezdan Holding Group shed 0.62%, while United Development Co’s (UDC) stock inched down 0.07%.
The heavyweight Qatar National Bank’s (QNB) stock, down 0.06%, led the market in terms of trading value after generating QAR 11.8 million, while Mazaya Qatar Real Estate Development’s stock, up 1.29%, topped in terms of traded volume after 128,300 shares were exchanged.
