DOHA: Qatar Exchange index gained 42.71 points (0.31 percent) when the bourse closed trading at 13,742.22 points Tuesday.
The trading value increased 83.28 percent to QR 787.6 million compared QR 429.73 million registered on Monday.
The market capitalization increased 0.54 percent to QR 729.765 billion from Monday's QR 725.835 billion.
The trading volume increased 72.8 percent to 16,839,121 shares from 7,559 transactions compared to Monday's 97,744,733 shares from 4,707 transactions.
Telecommunications sector was the top gainer with its index up 1.85 percent to 1,603.48 points today.
Banks and finance sectors index rose 0.9 percent to 3,405.25 points.
From the 43 listed companies, shares of 42 were traded.
From these, 19 each gained and dropped while four remained unchanged. (QNA)
