Qatar Stock index drops 51.89 points

Qatar Stock Exchange index drops 51.89 points (-0.42%) when the bourse closed trading Thursday at 12,282.17 points.

The market capitalization decreased to QR 660,511 Billion from QR 663.82 Billion registered Wednesday.

The traded value today decreased to QR 461.728 Million with a volume of 11,084,758 shares from 6,384 transactions compared to QR 1.228 Billion with a volume of 16,202,501 shares from 7,195 transactions on Wednesday.

Insurance index gained +0.79% to 4,404.26 points. Telecom sector gained 0.45% (1,325.73 points), Industries lost -0.89% (4,085.57 points), Real estate down -0.68% (2,633.90 points), banks and financial services lost 0.27% (3,262.35 points), consumer goods and services down -0.87% (7,454.19 points) and transport gained +0.04% (2,506.06 points).

The QSE Total Return Index down -0.42% (19,087.13 points). QSE Al Rayan Islamic Index lost -0.18% (4,717.34 points) and QSE All Share Index down -0.41% (3,284.05 points).

From the 41 traded companies 15 advanced, 25 declined and one remained unchanged today.