Mubasher: The Qatar stock exchange (QSE) ended Monday’s trading session in red territory for the first time in July, dragged down by the massive drop of all sectors.
The general index declined 60.15 points, or 0.64%, to close at 9,255 points.
The bourse’s liquidity increased to QAR 131.45 million on Monday from QAR 115.85 million on Sunday, while the trading volume went up to 6.34 million shares against 3.88 million in the previous session.
The real estate sector topped the QSE’s losers falling 1.26%, pulled down by Mazaya Qatar Real Estate which fell 1.51%.
Similarly, the banking sector went down 0.68% as Qatar First Bank and the heavyweight Qatar National Bank (QNB) retreated 3% and 0.95%, respectively.
The industrial sector inched down 0.31% after Qatari Investors Holding tumbled 1.44%.
By the end of the session, Vodafone Qatar’s stock, which levelled down 0.76%, led the market in terms of trading volume with 2.9 million shares, generating QAR 26.6 million in liquidity.
