Mubasher: The Qatar stock exchange (QSE) ended Thursday’s trading session in the red, dragged down by the fall of five sectors.
The general index inched down 85.47 points, or 0.92%, to finish the last session of the week at 9,242.30 points.
The bourse's liquidity decreased to QAR 435.14 million on Thursday from QAR 449.63 million on Wednesday, while the trading volume went down to 9.59 million shares against 14.23 million in the previous session.
The transportation sector topped the QSE’s losers falling 3% as Qatar Navigation (Nakilat) went down 4.4%.
Similarly, the industrial sector levelled down 0.92% due to the drop of Qatar Industrial Manufacturing by 2%. The banking sector fell 0.17 as the heavyweight Qatar National Bank (QNB) declined 0.30%.
Meanwhile, the goods and services sector headed the bourse’s risers adding 1.07% after Qatar Fuel (Woqod) jumped 2.09%.
The insurance sector levelled up 0.55% on the back of the growth of Qatar Insurance and Doha Insurance by 0.79% and 0.78%, respectively.
By the end of the session, Nakilat’s stock led the QSE in terms of trading volume with 1.51 million shares, while QNB’s stock spearheaded the market in terms of liquidity with QAR 148.62 million.
