Qatar Stock Exchange’s (QSE) main index lost 151.58 points, or 1.50 percent, last week when the bourse closed yesterday at 9,938.28 points. Trading value during last week increased by 13.02 percent to reach QR1.30bn compared to QR1.15bn.
Trading volume increased by 14.14 percent to reach 51.42 million shares, as against 45.05 million shares, while the number of transactions rose by 0.30 percent , to reach 16,016 transactions as compared to 13,667 transactions. Market cap fell by 1.97 percent to reach QR532.05bn compared to QR542.72bn at the end of previous week.
Banking and Financial Services sector led traded value last week with 38.77 percent of the total traded value. Real Estate sector accounted for 18.72 percent. Telecoms sector accounted for 11.40 percent and Industries sector accounted for 15.37 percent.
Banking and Financial Services sector led traded volume last week with 28.94 percent of the total traded volume. Telecoms sector accounted for 25.08 percent. Real Estate sector accounted for 29.38 percent and Transportation sector accounted 7.35 percent.
Banking and Financial Services sector led traded number of transactions last week with 32.17 percent of the total number of transactions. Industries sector accounted for 23.91 percent. Real Estate sector accounted for 15.93 percent and Consumer Goods and Services sector accounted for 11.29 percent. Of the 44 listed companies 6 ended last week higher, while 36 fell and two remained unchanged.
The Ezdan Holding Group led trading value during last week accounted for 10.86 percent of the total trading value. Vodafone Qatar accounted for 9.04 percent and the Commercial Bank ranked third, accounting for 8.08 percent, reports QNA.
When compared on daily basis, the QSE index dropped 17.12 points, 0.17 percent, when the bourse closed trading at 9,938.28 points yesterday.
