Qatar Stock Index Drops 129.72 Points

Doha, March 13 (QNA) - Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index dropped 129.72 points (-1.24 percent) when the bourse closed trading at 10,361.43 points Monday. The volume of shares traded increased to 16,101,539 from 9,271,607 on Sunday and the value of shares also increased QR567,861,226.65 from QR352,696,354.62 on Sunday. From the 44 companies listed on QSE, shares of 37 saw trading today. From these 14 gained and 23 companies closed lower today. Indices of two sectors ended in green and remained five sectors ended in red today. QSE Total Return Index dropped -1.07 to 17,099.03 points. QSE Al Rayan Islamic Index gained +0.18 percent to 4,102.93 points and QSE All Share Index decreased -0.91 percent to 2,908.37 points. (QNA)