Qatar stock exchange up 0.60%

The Qatar Exchange in the green area on Tuesday adding 62.79 points (0.60%) advance to 10,496.89 points from 10,434.10 on Monday. The volume of the shares traded up to 16,944,431 from 15,203,063 on Monday and the value of shares increased to QR672,204,715.85 from QR517,661,189.35 Monday. Among the top gainers were Qatar National Bank which was up 1.69% to QR174.30, Commercial Bank of Qatar gained 1.57% to QR71.10, Industries Qatar added 1.15% to QR167.80 and Vodafone Qatar up by 0.87% to QR11.60. The Banking and Financial sector index was added 0.76 points while Consumer Goods and Services sector index lost 0.04 points. The industrial sector was gained 0.92 points while insurance sector rose 0.04 points.