Mubasher: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) started Monday’s trading session with a negative performance, dragged down by the fall of five sectors.
By 09:55 am Qatar time, the general index levelled down 0.42% to 10,101.63 points, losing 42.74 points.
Turnover amounted to QAR 11.2 million after 552,200 shares were traded through 327 transactions.
The real estate sector topped the QSE’s decliners falling 1.12% due to Barwa Real Estate’s 1.96% fall, while the banking sector inched down 0.13% as Islamic Holding Group went down 6.12%.
On the other hand, the transportation sector headed the bourse’s gainers adding 0.22% on the back of Qatar Gas Transport’s (Nakilat) 0.45% increase, followed by the insurance sector, which grew 0.16% as Qatar Insurance rose 0.28%.
Gulf International Services’ stock, which plunged 3.85%, led the QSE in terms of trading volume with 186,700 shares, generating QAR 3.6 million in liquidity.
