(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index gained 71.60 points, or 0.59 percent, when it closed trading at 12,162.04 points Wednesday compared to 12,090.44 points on Tuesday.
The market capitalization increased to QR643.81bn compared to QR640.33bn registered Tuesday.
The traded valued decreased to QR260.58m with a volume of 5,247,652 shares from 2,822 transactions compared with QR363.77m with a volume of 8,401,363 shares from 3,926 transactions on Tuesday.
Indices of five sectors gained and two declined today. Banking and Financial services index gained the most today, up 0.68 percent to 3,163.54 points. Industries sector index up 0.56 percent to 3,948.55 points and Real Estate sector gained 0.54 percent to 2,819.26 points.
QSE Total Return Index gained 0.59 percent (18,900.45 points), QSE Al Rayan Islamic Index gained 0.37 percent (4,742.78 points) while QSE All Share Index gained 0.49 percent (3,244.22 points).
From the 43 companies listed on QSE, shares of 38 saw trading today. From these 22 advanced, 11 declined and five remained unchanged.
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