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Satyendra Pathak
Doha
The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) on Monday made impressive gains of more than 100 points to hit its highest level since April 2017.
Buoyed by Qatar Petroleum's announcement of listing Qatar Aluminium Manufacturing Company (QAMCO) on QSE by mid-December, the main index gained 120.24 points, or 1.18 percent, to close at 10,274.45 points.
The bourse's liquidity increased to QR1.2 billion on Monday from QR89.6 million on Sunday, while the trading volume jumped to 9 million shares against 4.5 million in the previous session.
Qatar National Bank (QNB) led the QSE in terms of liquidity with QR68.4 million, while Mazaya Qatar Real Estate, which decreased 0.63 percent, spearheaded the market in terms of trading volume with 1.5 million shares.
The day saw six out of the seven sector indices close in the positive territory.
The real estate sector, which increased 2.8 percent on the back of 4.3 percent jump in Ezdan Holding Group, was the best performer among all sector indices.
The banking sector, which gained 1.56 percent after heavyweight QNB levelled up 1.64 percent, was instrumental in lifting the index higher.
The transportation sector and the telecom sector also made good gains of 1.34 percent 0.98 percent respectively.
On the flip side, the goods and services sector was the bourse's only decliner falling 0.34 percent as Mannai Corporation retreated 2.34 percent.
Out of 42 stocks traded, 21 made gains on the day that saw market capitalisation of the bourse rise up to QR574.4 billion.
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