DOHA: Qatar Exchange index gained 102.85 points (0.76 percent) Monday when trading closed at 13,699.51 points.
The trading value dropped 55.09 percent to QR 429.73 million from Sunday's QR 956.75 million.
The trading volume dropped 44.31 percent to 9,744,733 shares from 4,707 transactions compared to the previous day's 17,499,797 shares from 8,467 transactions.
The market capitalization increased to QR 725.835 billion from Sunday's QR 721.181 billion.
Banking and finance sector index gained 1.71 percent with all banks noting fair gains, barring Ahli Bank which remained unchanged. Insurance and industries indices dropped slightly.
Qatar Nation Bank share gained 3.5 percent when it closed at QR 197 while Qatar Islamic Bank was up by 2.7 percent to QR 118.90 today.
From the 43 listed companies, 39 saw trading activity today. From these 23 advanced, 12 went down and four remained unchanged. (QNA)
