Qatar Stock Index Gains 68.24 Points

Doha, March 20 (QNA) - Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index gained 68.24 points (+0.66%) when the bourse closed trading at 10,406.79 points Monday. The volume of shares traded increased to 10,390,260 from 8,192,936 on Sunday and the value of shares also increased QR371,327,688.86 from QR268,234,153.97 on Sunday. From the 44 companies listed on QSE, shares of 41 saw trading today. From these 28 gained and 11 companies closed lower today, remained two companies unchanged. Indices of six sectors ended in green and remained one sector ended in red today. QSE Total Return Index gained +0.66 to 17,218.10 points. QSE Al Rayan Islamic Index rose to +1.04 percent to 4,128.51 points and QSE All Share Index decreased +0.71 percent to 2,925.26 points. (QNA)