Weekly Market Report
The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index decreased 251.71 points, or 2.85%, during the trading week to close at 8,573.99. Market capitalisation declined by 3.1% to QR470.5bn versus QR485.4bn at the end of the previous trading week. Of the 45 listed companies, eight ended the week higher, while 37 declined and one remained unchanged. Qatar Cinema (QCFS) was the best performing stock for the week with a gain of 11.1% on only 685 shares traded. On the other hand, Qatar Islamic Insurance Company (QISI) was the worst performing stock for the week with a decline of 16.9% on 1.7mn shares traded.
QNB Group (QNBK), Industries Qatar (IQCD) and Masraf Al Rayan (MARK) were the primary contributors to the weekly index decline. QNBK was the biggest contributor to the index’s weekly decrease, deleting 60.0 points from the index. IQCD was the second biggest contributor to the mentioned decline, shaving off 40.5 points from the index. Moreover, MARK deleted 24.1 points from the index. However, Vodafone Qatar (VFQS) added 3.2 points to the index.
Trading value during the week decreased by 37.7% to reach QR1.0bn versus QR1.7bn in the prior week. The banks and financial services sector led the trading value during the week, accounting for 42.1% of the total trading value. The Industrials sector was the second biggest contributor to the overall trading value, accounting for 24.5% of the total trading value. 
QNBK was the top value traded stock during the week with total traded value of QR132.8mn.
Trading volume decreased by 43.8% to reach 43.1mn shares versus 76.7mn in the prior week. The number of transactions decreased by 31.4% to reach 16,924 versus 24,688 in the prior week. The banks and financial services sector led the trading volume, accounting for 44.2%, followed by the industrials sector which accounted for 19.7% of the overall trading volume. Qatar First Bank (QFBQ) was the top volume traded stock during the week with 10.8mn shares.
Foreign institutions remained bullish with net buying of QR65.6mn versus net buying of QR110.5mn in the prior week. Qatari institutions remained bearish with net selling of QR109.3mn versus net selling of QR4.3mn in the week before. Foreign retail investors turned bullish with net buying of QR16.8mn versus net selling of QR46.6mn in the prior week. Qatari retail investors turned bullish with net buying of QR26.9mn versus net selling of QR59.5mn the week before. 
Foreign institutions bought (on a net basis) $125mn worth of Qatari equities since the beginning of 2018. 

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