Mubasher: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) ended Tuesday’s trades in the green, hovering over 9,000 points for the first time since August 2017.
The general index added 0.30%, or 26.64 points, to 9,002.64 points.
The QSE’s liquidity dropped to QAR 283.29 million on Tuesday from QAR 411.39 million on Monday, while the trading volume decreased to 11.02 million shares versus 15.20 million in the previous session.
Meanwhile, market capitalisation jumped 0.4% to 495.9 billion from QAR 493.7 billion.
The real estate sector topped five gainers adding 1.9% after Barwa Real Estate’s increase 2.19%.
The industrial sector rose 0.11% on the back of Aamal Company’s 2.44% hike.
While, the banking sector topped the bourse's decliners losing 0.22% as Qatar National Bank dropped 0.11%, followed by the good sector, which inched down 0.04% after Medicare slid 1.88%.
Qatar Insurance’s stock topped the market’s risers levelling up 6.93%, while Al Kaleej Takaful’s stock led the losers sliding 3.05%.
United Development Company, which rose 0.59%, spearheaded the QSE’s in terms of trading volume with 1.3 million shares, while Masraf Al Rayan, which declined 0.24%, led the market in terms of liquidity with QAR 37.1 million.
