Qatar stock exchange up 0.06%

The Qatar Exchange was in the green area Monday adding 5.26 points (or 0.06%) to advance to 8,573.61 points from 8,568.35 Sunday. The volume of the shares traded fell to 5,958,385 from 6,254,667 on Sunday and the value of shares decreased to QR195,738,164.10 from QR249,276,053.43 Sunday. Among the top gainers were Industries Qatar which was up 0.71% to QR141.80, Barwa real estate company rose 0.33% to QR30.40, Doha Bank gained 0.36% to QR56.10 and Masref Al Rayan up by 0.55% to QR27.30. The Banking and Financial sector index was down 1.47 points, while Consumer Goods and Services sector index gained 5.69 points. The industrial sector rose by 6.16 points, while insurance sector lost 8.72 points.