Mubasher: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) ended the mid-week session on a high note, marking its second straight gain amid a collective rise of its sectors.
The benchmark index added 1.45% to 151.51 points, surpassing the level of 10,600 points and closing at 10,602.84 points, its highest level in 20 months or since March 2017.
Sectors rose collectively, led by real estate which grew 1.86% on the back of three stocks, led by Barwa Real Estate’s 2.86% gain, while the banking sector increased 1.10% on a seven-stock rise, led by Masraf Al Rayan’s 5.24% growth. The sector shrugged off Qatar and Oman’s 2.53% fall.
The industrial sector was up 0.92% on four stocks’ gains, led by Mesaieed, which rose 2.10%.
Turnover surged to QAR 373.9 million on Tuesday from QAR 301.3 million on Monday, while traded volume increased to 11.4 million shares exchanged against 7.8 million.
Qatar National Bank (QNB), down 0.74%, was the QSE’s value leader with QAR 47.4 million in turnover, while Vodafone Qatar, up 3.52%, led in terms of traded volume with 2.4 million shares exchanged.
