Mubasher: The Qatar stock exchange (QSE) ended Tuesday’s session in the red, dragged down by the fall of six sectors, coinciding with thin trades.
The general index inched down 0.29%, or 24.88 points, to 8,429.30 points.
By the end of the session, the QSE’s liquidity decreased to QAR 151.43 million from QAR 265.46 million on Monday, while the trading volume went down to 8.08 million shares against 13.41 million in the previous session.
The goods sector topped the QSE’s losers falling 0.43% on the back of the cinema’s 5.12% drop.
The industrial sector inched down 0.20% as Aamal Company levelled down 1.16%, while the banking sector declined 0.17% after Al Ijarah Holding lost 1.16%.
Meanwhile, the transportation sector rose 1.33% as Qatar Navigation and Gulf Warehousing Company levelled up 3.09% and 2.07%, respectively.
Qatar First Bank’s stock, which advanced 2.56%, led the bourse in terms of trading volume with 2.1 million shares, generating QAR 14.4 million.
