Mubasher: The Qatar stock exchange (QSE) ended Sunday’s trading session in positive territory, supported by Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani’s recent decree of reshuffling the Council of Ministers.
The general index rose 50.18 points, or 0.49%, to finish the first session of the week at 10,331.14 points.
The QSE’s liquidity increased 3.5% to QAR 140.55 million on Sunday from QAR 135.75 million on Thursday, while the trading volume decreased 12.8 to 3.54 million shares against 4.06 million in the previous session.
The banking sector topped the QSE’s gainers adding 0.8%, followed by the industrial sector with 0.54%.
On the negative side, the transportation sector headed the bourse’s five decliners falling 0.95%, followed by the insurance and telecommunication sectors with 0.6% and 0.05%, respectively.
By the end of the session, Zad Holding Group’s stock, which plunged 1%, led the QSE in terms of liquidity with QAR 30.65 million, while Vodafone Qatar’s stock, which retreated 0.98%, spearheaded the market in terms of trading volume after 362,540 shares were exchanged.
