DOHA: Qatar Exchange index dropped 37.51 points or or 0.38 percent this week when the bourse closed at 9,723.52 points here Thursday afternoon.
The trading value of QR 1,061,108,544.99 this week is a decrease by 16.71 percent compared to QR 1,273,951,526.79 while the trading volume of 25,327,780 shares is a decrease by 17.89 percent compared to 30,846,927 shares last week.
The 13,075 transactions is a drop by 9.0 percent compared to 14,375 transactions last week.
The market capitalization of QR 528,494,991,179.27 this week is a decrease by 0.31 percent compared to QR 530,140,421,404.13 at the end of previous week.
Banks and financial services led the traded value this week with 30.63 percent of the total traded value.
Industries accounted for 23.31 percent. Consumer goods and services accounting for 16.13 percent and real estate accounted for 14.36 percent.
Real estate led the traded volume this week with 25.87 percent of the total traded volume.
Banks and financial services accounted for 25.71 percent. Industries accounted for 20.34 percent, and consumer goods and services accounted for 12.62 percent.
Banks and financial services topped the number of transactions this week with 28.88 percent of the total transactions.
Industries accounted for 22.78 percent. Real estate accounted for 15.89 percent, and consumer goods and services accounted for 14.25 percent.
From the 42 listed companies 15 ended this week higher while 25 fell and two remained unchanged.
Qatari Investors Group led the traded value this week with 10.11 percent of the total traded value followed by Barwa Real Estate with 7.68 percent, and Qatar National Bank accounted for 7.40 percent. (QNA)