Mubasher: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) ended Thursday’s trading in the green zone due to a growth in four leading gainers topped by the banking and the industrial sectors.
The general index grew 0.83% to reach 7,825.77 points, adding 64.52 points.
Blue chips were led by Industries Qatar, Qatar National Bank (QNB), and Masraf Al Rayan which rose 2.11%, 0.79%, and 0.26%, respectively.
Four sectors grew, topped by the banking sector with 0.57% due to a jump in three stocks, led by the Commercial Bank of Qatar (CBK) by 2.29%.
The industrial sector leveled up 0.57% on the back of an increase of four stocks led by Industries Qatar.
Meanwhile, the real estate segment led three decliners with 2.28% due to Ezdan’s 6.04% and Mazaya Qatar’s 2.53% increase.
Liquidity increased to QAR 166.04 million on Thursday from QAR 189.93 million on Wednesday, while traded volume decreased to 6.06 million shares against 6.95 million shares in the last session.
As for the most traded stocks, Vodafone Qatar’s stock, down 0.81%, topped the QSE in terms of traded volume with 983,100 shares traded.
QNB topped the list in terms of liquidity with QAR 36.9 million.