Doha – Mubasher: The main index of the Qatar Stock Exchange rose in February by 4.34% or 411.02 points to the level of 9,892.32 points, compared to 9,481.3 points in January.
Also, Al Rayan Islamic Index leapt 8.29% to 3,651.49 points, and the All Share Index edged up 6.6% to 2,685.95 points.
The market value increased 3.7% or QAR 18.55 billion to QAR 525.69 billion, versus QAR 507.14 billion in January.
Turnover jumped last month 30.1% to QAR 6.57 billion from QAR 5.05 billion in January. Trading volume also grew 31.9% to 197.51 million shares, against 149.71 million shares exchanged in January.
The index’s main sectors advanced collectively, topped by the consumer goods and services by adding 16.88%, followed by real estate (+9.19%), telecom (+8.7%) and insurance came least with a rise of 3.93%.
February saw 30 green shares, while 12 others closed in red and one share stood at the same rate.
Qatari Investors was the best performing share by rising 38.38%, while QNB was the lowest with a decline of 17.45%.
Gulf International was the most active share with a trading volume of 30 million shares exchanged at QAR 1.05 billion, as the share slipped 14.34%.
Translated by: Elwy el-Manzalawy
