Mubasher: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) ended Monday’s trading session in the green, encouraged by the growth of six sectors amid high liquidity.
The general index jumped 2.57%, or 224.62 points, to 8,975.82 points.
The QSE’s liquidity surged 102.1% to QAR 411.39 million on Monday, for the first time in 2018, from QAR 203.52 million on Sunday, while the trading volume hiked 91% to 15.2 million shares versus 7.96 million in the previous session.
The insurance sector topped the six gainers adding 5.15%, followed by the transportation sector which grew 3% on the back of Qatar Navigation and Nakilat which jumped 4.3% and 4.01%, respectively.
Meanwhile, the goods sector was the only decliner losing 0.33% after Zad Holding Company dropped 3.7%.
Qatar Insurance’s stock topped the market’s risers levelling up 7.11%, while Ahli Bank’s stock led the losers sliding 4.9%.
Masraf Al Rayan, which rose 3.2%, spearheaded the QSE’s liquidity with QAR 39.4 million, while Investment Holding Group, which jumped 0.16%, led the bourse in terms of trading volume with 1.84 million shares.
