Mubasher: The Qatar stock exchange (QSE) ended Sunday’s trading session in negative territory, dragged down by the fall of five sectors.
The general index went down 47.58 points, or 0.46%, to finish the first session of the week at 10,316.96 points.
The bourse’s liquidity decreased to QAR 72.23 million on Sunday from QAR 1.16 billion on Thursday, while the trading volume went down to 3.34 million shares against 34.31 million in the previous session.
The real estate sector topped the QSE’s decliners falling 1.83% due to Ezdan Holding Group’s 3.61% drop, while the banking sector plunged 1.14% as the heavyweight Qatar National Bank (QNB) decreased by 1.25%.
On the other hand, the telecommunication sector headed the bourse’s risers adding 0.42% on the back of Ooredoo’s 1.28% jump.
Similarly, the goods and services sector levelled up 0.30% after Zad Holding Group and Qatar Fuel (Woqod) grew 2.70% and 0.98%, respectively.
By the end of the session, Qatar First Bank’s stock, which advanced 0.93%, led the QSE in terms of trading volume with 840,300 shares, while Doha Bank’s stock, which jumped 1.63%, generated the highest liquidity with QAR 8.9 million.
