Qatar stock exchange up 0.45%

The Qatar Exchange in the green area on Tuesday adding 43.88 points (0.45%) advance to 9,806.58 points from 9,762.70 on Monday. The volume of the shares traded up to 8,916,057 from 8,221,675 on Monday and the value of shares increased to QR351,233,378.42 from QR345,578,297.52 Monday. Among the top gainers were Qatar National Bank which was up 1.87% to QR174.70, Commercial Bank of Qatar gained 1.03% to QR68.90, Electricity and Water gained 1.41% to QR158.60 and Ooredoo up by 1.72% to QR142.00. The Banking and Financial sector index was added 0.92 points while Consumer Goods and Services sector index up 0.25 points. The industrial sector was lost 0.13 points while insurance sector fell 0.10 points.