Mubasher: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) closed Wednesday’s trading session in the green, encouraged by the growth of five sectors amid high liquidity.
The general index added 0.51%, or 45.71 points, to 9,048.17 points.
The QSE’s liquidity surged to QAR 584.65 million on Wednesday from QAR 283.29 million on Tuesday, while the trading volume hiked to 15.61 million shares versus 11.02 million in the previous session.
Meanwhile, market capitalisation jumped 0.3% to QAR 497.5 billion from QAR 495.9 billion.
The industrial sector topped the five gainers adding 1.64% on the back of Aamal Company’s 3.75% hike.
Similarly, the real estate sector rose 0.33% after United Development Company and Barwa Real Estate increased 2.19% and 0.87%, respectively.
While, the transportation sector topped the bourse's decliners losing 0.82% after Qatar Navigation slid 2.65%, followed by the banking sector, which inched down 0.07% as Al Ahli Bank dropped 7.82%.
Aamal Company spearheaded the QSE’s in terms of trading volume with 2.8 million shares, while Qatar National Bank (QNB), which gained 0.19%, led the market in terms of liquidity with QAR 38.4 million.
