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Mon, 03/07/2011 - 21:04
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Qatar Exchange Up 2.57%

Doha, March 07 (QNA) - Qatar Exchange closed Monday's trading activity in green, at 7,681.82 points adding 192.57 points (or 2.57%) to the previous closing mark of 7,489.25 last Thursday.
Trading resumed today after the Qatari bourse remained closed on Sunday. The first Sunday of the month of March is observed as a holiday by all banks and financial institutions regulated by the Qatar Central Bank (QCB) and Qatar Financial Markets Authority.
The volume of shares traded was up to 15,356,097 from 13,708,169 on Thursday and the value of shares was increased to QR 466,339,972.79 from QR 386,417,482.55.
Top gainers were Qatar Meat and Livestock (Mawashi) which was up 8.31% to QR16.95, Commercial Bank of Qatar rose 6.20% to QR68.50, Barwa gained 5.11% to QR 28.80, Industries Qatar up by 2.56% to QR 120.00 and Rayan by 2.33% to QR 20.20.
Today the banking and financial sector gained 280.85 points while the insurance sector was up by 170.22 points. Industrial sector was up 250.66 points and the services sector rose 133.64 points.

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