DOHA: The Qatar Exchange in the green area Wednesday adding 20.45 points (or 0.24%) to advance to 8,466.06 points from 8,445.61 Tuesday.
The volume of the shares traded was up to 2,821,875 from 2,768,696 on Tuesday and the value of shares increased to QR138,358,107.64 from QR133,279,254.12 Tuesday.
Among the top gainers were Industries Qatar which was up 0.81% to QR150.20, Qatar Islamic Bank rose 0.92% to QR77.20, Islamic Insurance gained 0.88% to QR57.00 and Gulf International up by 1.39% to QR29.20.
The Banking and Financial sector index was up 1.80 points while Consumer Goods and Services sector index lost 21.71 points. The industrial sector was gained 9.99 points while insurance sector added 1.90 points. (QNA)
