Doha – Mubasher: The main index of the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) ended Sunday in the red zone after falling 1.92% or 177.75 points to reach 9,059.93 points.
The telecoms sector retreated 4.6% after Ooredoo decreased 4.91% and Vodafone Qatar lost 2.88%.
The consumer goods and services sector dropped 2.47% as Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company (QIMC) and Qatari Investors Group declined 3.31% and 3.22%, respectively.
The banks sector went down 1.13% after Masraf Al Rayan levelled down 4.02%, followed by Doha Bank with 3.11% and Qatar International Islamic Bank (QIIB) with 2.95%.
On the other hand, Al Khaleej Takaful Group surged 9.82% and Qatar Oman Investment Company rose 3.7%.
Traded volume dropped to 12.67 million shares on Sunday against 15.59 million shares on Thursday, while liquidity slid to QAR 337.25 million from QAR 516.93 million.
Qatar First Bank’s (QFB) stock led in terms of trading volume with 2.77 million shares, while Qatar National Bank’s (QNB) stock was the most active in terms of traded value with a turnover of QAR 53.13 million.