QSE opens Sunday in red

Mubasher: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) started Sunday’s trading session down.

By 10:06 am Qatar time, the general index fell  12.6 points, or 0.14 %, to 8,835.17 points.

Turnover amounted to QAR 110.2 million after 3.3 million shares were changed hands through 890 transactions.

The banking sector topped the QSE’s losers falling 1.07% as Qatar National Bank (QNB) declined 2.3%.

On the positive side, the insurance sector topped the bourse’s gainers adding 5.27% on the back of the growth of Qatar Insurance and Al Khaleej Takaful Group with 8% and 1.31%, respectively.

Qatar Insurance’s stock led the market in terms of trading volume with 2.05 million shares, generating QAR 76.23 million.

MUBASHER Contribution Time: 18-Mar-2018 07:34 (GMT)
MUBASHER Last Update Time: 18-Mar-2018 07:36 (GMT)