Qatar exchange index marginally up this week

Qatar Exchange index gained a marginal 0.26 points this week when the bourse closed at 8,478.61 points on Thursday.  Trading value during this week increased by 1.39% to reach QR 953,401,213.06 compared to QR 940,287,565.05. Trading volume decreased by 9.28% to reach 26,761,961 shares, as against 29,499,145 shares, while the number of transactions fell by 0.92%, to reach 15,864 transactions as compared to 16,012 transactions. The market capitalization fell by 0.04% to reach QR 466,079,688,264.74 as compared to QR 466,245,211,979.60 at the end of previous week. The Banks and Financial Services sector led trading value during this week , accounting for 43.92% of the total trading value, followed by Consumer Goods and Services sector, which accounted for 21.65%. The Industrials sector ranked third, accounting for 10.87%, and finally followed by Transportation sector, which accounted for 9.27%. The Banks and Financial Services sector led trading volume during this week , accounting for 43.98% of the total trading volume, followed by Consumer Goods and Services sector, which accounted for 19.52%. The Real Estate sector ranked third, accounting for 12.56%, and finally followed by Transportation sector which accounted for 9.79%. The Banks and Financial Services sector led trading number of transactions during this week , accounting for 40.19% of the total number of transactions, followed by Consumer Goods and Services sector, which accounted for 22.43%. The Industrials sector ranked third, accounting for 11.37%, and finally followed by Real Estate sector, which accounted for 9.68%. From the 42 listed companies, 22 ended this week higher while 19 fell and one remained unchanged. Islamic Group led the trading value during this week with 11.71% of the total traded value, followed by Qatar Meat and Livestock Trading Company which accounted for 9.14%. Qatar National Bank came third with 8.09%.