Mubasher: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) ended Monday’s trading in the green, supported by the increase of six sectors.
The general index rose 0.78 %, or 72.87 points, to close at 9,435.29 points.
The QSE’s liquidity neary doubled to QAR 154.13 million on Monday from QAR 84.87 on Sunday, while trading volume grew to 4.56 million shares against 4.09 million shares in the previous session.
The real estate sector topped the QSE’s gainers adding 1.26% due to Ezdan Holding Group’s 2.55% jump.
Similarly, the banking sector levelled up 1.26% as Qatar National Bank (QNB) went up 2.09%.
Meanwhile, the transportation sector was the bourse’s only decliner falling 0.40% as Qatar Gas Transport (Nakilat) and Qatar Navigation went down 0.82%, and 0.32%, respectively.
By the end of the session, QNB’s stock led the QSE in terms of liquidity with QAR 23.2 million, while Nakilat’s stock spearheaded the market in terms of trading volume with 705,100 shares.
