Doha – Mubasher: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) saw a positive performance in Wednesday’ early trades, spurred by the rise of three sectors led by insurance and banks.
The general index grew 0.26% or 27.55 points to reach 10,444.44 points by 10:15am Qatari time.
The insurance sector added 1.51% after Qatar Insurance Co (QIC) levelled up 1.81%.
The banks sector went up 0.26% as National Leasing Holding Co. (Alijarah) went up 3.16%.
On the other hand, the real estate sector fell 0.11% as United Development Company (UDC) and Barwa Real Estate sank 0.42% and 0.28%, respectively.
The market saw trading of 2.9 million shares through 1,500 transactions, with a turnover of QAR 117.9 million.
Alijarah was the most active stock with 808,800 traded shares, while Qatari Investors Group (QIGD) was the value leader with a turnover of QAR 24.3 million.
