DOHA: Qatar Stock Exchange index dropped 98.58 points (0.77 percent) Tuesday when the bourse closed trading at 12,756.98 points.
Indices of all sectors ended in the red zone today, barring insurance which gained slightly by 0.02 percent when it closed at 3,794.41 points.
Real estate sector dropped the most, down 0.78 percent to 2,511.9 points followed by banks and financial sector, down 0.63 percent to 3,275.77 points.
The trading value decreased to QR 716.488 million from QR 780.54 million registered Monday.
The trading volume declined to 12,800,616 shares from 7,318 transactions compared to 13,548,109 shares from 7,402 transactions on Monday.
From the 43 listed companies, shares of 42 exchanged hands today. From these, 24 declined, 16 gained and two remained unchanged. (QNA)
