Mubasher: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) finished December with a negative performance after losing 65.53 points, or 0.63%, reaching 10,299.01 points, compared to November.
The QSE’s market capitalisation value inched up 0.05%, to QAR 588.72 billion ($161.72 billion), from QAR 588.40 billion ($161.63 billion) during November.
In December, about six sectors levelled down, led by telecoms with 5.28%, followed by transportation with 2.80%, industrials went down 1.53%, the banks and financial services sector shed 0.77%, and the consumer goods and services sector fell 0.39%.
On the other hand, the real estate sector rose 2.85%.
During the month, Qatar Aluminums Manufacturing Company’s (QAMCO) stock led losers after slumping 25.83%, while Qatari German for Medical Devices’ (QG Medical) topped gainers after surging 27.19%.
Month-on-month, the bourse’s liquidity fell 5.87%, to QAR 5.25 billion, from QAR 5.58 billion, whereas trading volume went up 60.65%, reaching 239.09 million shares, up from 148.83 million.
The number of transactions grew 56.54%, to 152,160 by the end of current month, from 97,190 deals in November.
