Doha – Mubasher: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) closed Thursday in the red zone, as the main index slid 0.71% or 70.16 points to the level of 9,847.36 points.
The All Share Index also fell 0.26% to 2,673.51 points, while Al Rayan Islamic Index edged up 0.38% to 3,613.76 points.
Turnover decreased 1.75% to QAR 328.96 million from QAR 334.83 million on Wednesday. Trading volume reached 10.81 million shares through 5,310 trades, compared to 9.84 million shares exchanged yesterday through 6,040 transactions.
The index was negatively affected by the decline in five sectors, topped by the banking with a fall o0f 1.06%, followed by transportation (-0.58%), insurance (-0.56%), industrial (-0.3%) and telecom (-0.22%).
Meanwhile, The real estate and consumer goods and services sectors increased 1.5% and 0.89% respectively.
Mannai corporation was the worst performing share after shrinking 6.01%, whereas Qatar for Cinema and Film Distribution topped gainers with a growth of 9.73%.
Mannai posted today a net profit of QAR 532.8 million in 2015, compared to QAR 526.4 million in 2014.
Gulf International made the biggest trading value activity with a liquidity of about QAR 68 millionm while Salam International Investment made the largest trading volume activity with 2.96 million traded shares.
The benchmark index broke below the level of 10,000 points on Wednesday, as it shrank 0.85% or 85.28 points to 9,917.525 points.
Translated by: Elwy el-Manzalawy
