Mubasher: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) started Wednesday’s trading in positive territory, supported by the growth of five sectors.
By 10:28 am Qatar time, the general index inched up 0.19% to 10,478.21 points, adding 19.36 points.
Turnover amounted to QAR 88.24 million after 4.97 million shares were traded through 2,710 transactions.
The goods and services sector topped gainers with 1.69%, after Qatar Fuel (Woqod) grew 3.16%, while the banking sector inched up 0.06% as Qatar First Bank (QFB) rose 2.26%.
On the negative side, the transportation sector headed the decliners falling 0.38% due to Qatar Navigation’s (Milaha) 0.59% drop, while the insurance sector went down 0.34% as Qatar Insurance and Qatar Islamic Insurance decreased by 0.6% and 0.02%, respectively.
United Development Company’s stock led the market in terms of trading volume with 1.4 million shares, generating QAR 22.8 million in liquidity.
