Qatar stock exchange up 1.30%

Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend on Monday adding 128.55 points (1.30%) advance to 10,038.40 points from 9,909.85 when trading closed on Sunday. The volume of the shares traded rose to 11,827,985 from 5,798,919 on Sunday and the value of shares increased to QR400,198,656.38 from QR220,511,731.94 Sunday Among the top gainers were Barwa Real Estate which was up 2.59% to QR25.70 , Gulf International gained 2.63% to QR50.80, Al khalij Commercial Bank gained 2.86% to QR17.60 and Mazaya Real Estate Company up by 2.58% to QR11.94. The Banking and Financial sector index was added 1.19 points while Consumer Goods and Services sector index up 0.58 points. The industrial sector was gained 1.08 points while insurance sector rose 1.24 points.