Doha – Mubasher: The benchmark index of Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) ended Sunday’s trading falling 0.46% or 48.84 points to the level of 10,485.56 points.
Trading volume decreased to 4.52 million shares from 5.21 million shares exchanged on Thursday, turnover also shrank to QAR 195.314 million from QAR 209.8 million.
The index was pressured by the fall in blue chips as Ezdan, Industries Qatar, Masraf Al Rayan declined by 1.02%, 1.69% and 0.7% respectively.
The telecom sector slid 1.1%, dragged by a decrease of 1.06% in Ooredoo, the transportation sector fell by 0.73% as Nakilat and Milaha dropped by 0.42% and 1.56% respectively.
The real estate and industrial sectors also fell by 0.68% and 0.55% respectively.
Meanwhile the insurance sector grew 0.51% as Doha Insurance led gainers by adding 4.53%, the banking sector advanced 0.13%.
Qatar Islamic Bank made the highest liquidity of QAR 64.85 million, while Masraf Al Rayan was the most traded stock with a trading volume of 727,970 shares.