DOHA: Qatar Exchange index gained 144.83 points or 1.52 percent this week when trading closed at 9,694.70 points here Thursday afternoon.
The trading value of QR 1,352,715,750.12 is an increase by 38.79 percent compared to QR 974,680,687.56 registered the previous week.
The trading volume of 28,673,445 shares is an increase by 19.01 percent as against 24,092,555 shares last week.
The number of transactions rose by 30.73 percent when it reached 16,699 transactions as compared to 12,774 transactions the previous week.
The market capitalization rose by 1.40 percent when it reached QR 531,962,322,605.67 compared to QR 524,619,083,620.07 noted at the end of previous week.
Banks and financial services led the traded value this week with 36.53 percent of the total traded value.
Industries accounted for 17.61 percent. Consumer goods and services accounted for 16.31 percent and real estate accounted for 12.96 percent.
Banks and financial services led the traded volume this week with 33.63 percent of the total traded volume.
Real estate accounted for 26.33 percent. Consumer goods and services accounted for 12.55 percent and industries accounted for 10.53 percent.
Banks and financial services topped the number of transactions this week with 33.88 percent of the total number of transactions.
Industries accounted for 19.16 percent. Consumer goods and services accounted for 15.17 percent and real estate accounted for 11.58 percent.
From the 42 listed companies 23 ended this week higher while 16 fell and three remained unchanged.
United Development Company led traded value this week with 9.48 percent of the total traded value.
Industries Qatar accounted for 9.08 percent and Qatar National Bank accounted for 8.69 percent. (QNA)
