Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index gained 56.98 points (+0.53 percent) this week when the bourse closed yesterday afternoon at 10,753.28 points. Trading value during this w e e k a c c o u n t e d QR1,270,378,865 and the trading volume reached 448,523,879 with 39,467 transactions.
Market capitalization accounted QR621,595,432,446 a s c o m p a r e d t o QR618,792,933,068 at the end of previous week. Banking and Financial Services sector increased 58.64 points (+1.31 percent) to 4,530.82 points and Consumer Goods and Services sector gained 36.01 points (+0.45 percent) to 8,118.11 points. Industries sector increased to 9.62 points (+0.27 percent) to 3,578.84 and the Insurance sector gained 28.23 points (+1.08 percent) to 2,639.8 points.
The Real Estate sector decreased 34.66 points (-1.94 percent) to 1,751.72 points. The Telecom sector dropped 20.44 points (-1.91 percent) to 1,047.23 points and Transportation sector up 16.31 points (+0.48 percent) to 3,407.08 points.
From the 48 listed companies 17 ended this week higher, while 31 lower.