Qatar stock exchange up 0.21%

The Qatar Exchange in the green area on Tuesday adding 19.98 points (0.21%) advance to 9,628.30 points from 9,608.32 on Monday. The volume of the shares traded fell to 3,819,359 from 7,602,150 on Monday and the value of shares decreased to QR164,167,526.45 from QR283,435,018.69 Monday. Among the top gainers were Qatar National Bank which was up 0.54% to QR167.70, Industries Qatar gained 1.47% to QR152.10, International Islamic Bank gained 0.18% to QR55.90 and Gulf International up by 2.00% to QR51.10. The Banking and Financial sector index was added 0.15 points while Consumer Goods and Services sector index down 0.48 points. The industrial sector was gained 0.97 points while insurance sector fell 0.07 points.