Qatar Exchange up 0.51%

The Qatar Exchange in the green area Monday adding 42.26 points or 0.51% to 8,249.62 points from the previous closing of 8,207.36 . The volume of shares traded was up to 5,289,870 from 2,753,123 on Sunday and the value of shares was increased to QR229,555,326.67 from QR122,089,508.45 Sunday. Top gainers were Qatar National Bank which was up 1.98% to QR139.20, Masref Al Rayan rose 0.61% to QR23.08, Al khalij Commercial Bank gained 0.69% to QR17.45 and National Leasing up by 0.51% to QR39.30. Today the Qatar Banking and Financial sector added 129.79 and the Insurance sector lost 43.22 points. The Qatar industrial sector dropped 16.53 points and the Services sector was up 3.54 points.