Mubasher: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) opened Wednesday’s trading session with negative performance, pressured by the fall of four sectors.
By 10:15 am Qatar time, the general index went down 0.14% to 10,746.59 points, losing 16.40 points.
Turnover amounted to QAR 93.3 million after 2.5 million shares were traded through 1,300 transactions.
The real estate sector topped losers falling 0.93% as Ezdan Holding Group and Barwa Real Estate Development declined 1.48% and 0.05%, respectively.
Similarly, the banking sector inched down 0.16% on the back of Qatar Islamic International Bank’s (QIIB) 0.8% drop.
Meanwhile, the transportation sector headed gainers with 0.65% as Qatar Gas Transport (Nakilat) and Gulf Warehousing rose 2.25% and 0.17%, respectively.
The heavyweight Qatar National Bank’s (QNB), which stood at QAR 200, led the QSE in terms of liquidity with QAR 41.1 million, while QAMCO’s stock, which plunged 1.75%, spearheaded the market in terms of trading volume with 663,000 shares.
