Qatar Exchange Index gains 288.68 points this week

Qatar Exchange index gained 288.68 points (+2.47) this week when the bourse closed Thursday afternoon at 11,987.71 points.
Trading value during this week decreased by 13.06% to reach QR 1,650,440,816.54 compared to QR 1,898,457,750.18.
Trading volume increased by 15.06% to reach 44,201,645 shares, as against 38,415,121 shares, while the number of transactions fell by 1.05%, to reach 22,997 transactions as compared to 23,241 transactions.
Market capitalization rose by 1.80% to reach QR 643,850,277,568.15 as compared to QR 632,465,285,930.48 at the end of previous week.
Real Estate sector led traded value this week with 27.75% of the total traded value. Banking and Financial Services sector accounted for 23.67%. Industries sector accounted for 23.41% and Consumer Goods and Services sector accounted 10.49%.
Real Estate sector led traded volume this week with 45.02% of the total traded volume. Banking and Financial Services sector accounted for 17.23%. Industries sector accounted for 12.42% and Telecoms sector accounted 11.40%.
Real Estate sector led traded number of transactions this week with 25.43% of the total number of transactions. Industries sector accounted for 25.06%. Banking and Financial Services sector accounted for 23.06% and finally Consumer Goods and Services sector accounted for 10.78%.
From the 43 listed companies 32 ended this week higher, while 11 fell.
Ezdan Holding Group led traded value during this week accounted for 12.63% of the total traded value. Barwa Real Estate accounted for 11.27% and Industries Qatar accounted for 7.95%.