Mubasher: The Qatar Stock Exchange’s (QSE) general index fell 215.12 points, or 2.01%, to finish the week ended 7 February at 10,505.19 points.
The QSE’s market capitalisation declined QAR 11.56 billion, or 1.88%, to QAR 604.30 billion during the first week of February, compared to QAR 615.86 billion in the prior week ended 31 January.
The insurance sector headed decliners with 6.16%, followed by the telecommunications and banking sectors which tumbled 2.86% and 2.40%, respectively.
On the other hand, the real estate and transportation sectors surged 0.23% and 0.01%, respectively.
In terms of stocks, Qatar General Insurance and Reinsurance led fallers after sliding 9.62%, while Qatari German for Medical Devices topped gainers with 9.95%.
The QSE’s liquidity retreated 22.37% to QAR 1.05 billion at the end of the week, from QAR 1.36 billion a week earlier, while trading volume plunged 10.06% to 38.35 million shares, versus 42.64 million in the previous week.
Over the course of the week, the number of transactions dropped 16.82% to nearly 24,190, against about 29,080 in the week before.
