Doha – Mubasher: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) saw a negative performance in Tuesday’s early trades, weighed down by the fall of blue chips.
The general index decreased 0.17% or 18.53 points to reach 10,591.11 points by 9:00am Qatar time.
The main index was dragged down by some blue chips like Qatar National Bank (QNB), Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) and Industries Qatar (IQ) which tumbled 0.80%, 0.65% and 0.18% respectively.
The industrial sector led losers with a 0.60% decline as Gulf International Services (GIS) went down 4.91%.
On the flipside, the banks sector was the best performer with a 0.43% rise on the back of Al Khalij Commercial Bank which advanced 2.74%.
The market saw trading of 1.21 million shares through 686 transactions, with a turnover of QAR 32.53 million.
Barwa Real Estate, which added 1.14%, was the value leader with a turnover of QAR 7.3 million, while Salam International Investment (SIIS) was the most active stock after trading 449,300 shares and advanced 1.95%.
