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Sentiments weaken on QSE as index falls 43 points; banking stocks bucks the trend
February 05, 2023 | 08:19 PM
The Qatar Stock Exchange on Sunday opened the week weak with its key index extending its bearish run for the fourth straight session and its key index knocked off 43 points, dragged by industrials, consumer goods, transport and telecom sectors.The local retail investors’ net buying was seen weakening considerably as the 20-stock Qatar Index declined 0.41% to 10,654.55 points, largely reflecting the weakness in the global oil market last week.The market, which was highly skewed towards shakers, however recovered from an intraday low of 10,500 points.The foreign retail investors were seen bearish in the main market, which reported 0.25% losses on a year-to-date basis.About 79% of the traded constituents were in the red in the main bourse, whose capitalisation saw QR0.82bn or 0.14% decline to QR605.98bn, mainly led by microcap segments.The Arab institutions turned net profit takers in the main market, which saw a total of 0.22mn exchange traded funds (sponsored by Masraf Al Rayan and Doha Bank) valued at QR0.59mn changed hands across 18 deals.The Gulf retail investors’ net buying was seen weakening in the main bourse, which saw no trading of sovereign bonds.The Islamic index was seen declining much faster than the main barometer in the main market, which saw no trading of treasury bills.The Total Return Index shed 0.41% and the Al Rayan Islamic Index (Price) by 1.37%; while the All Share Index was up 0.01% in the main bourse, whose trade turnover and volumes were on the decline.The industrials sector index tanked 2.1%, followed by consumer goods and services (0.99%), transport (0.88%), telecom (0.67%), real estate (0.48%) and insurance (0.1%); whereas banks and financial services shot up 1.25%.Major shakers in the main market included Qatar General Insurance and Reinsurance, Qamco, Ezdan, Inma Holding, Mannai Corporation, Lesha Bank, Salam International Investment, Baladna, Qatar National Cement, Industries Qatar, Gulf International Services and Estithmar Holding.In the venture market, Al Faleh Educational Holding saw its shares depreciate in value.Nevertheless, QNB, Doha Bank, United Development Company, Aamal Company and Gulf Warehousing were among the gainers in the main market.The foreign individuals turned net sellers to the tune of QR0.86mn compared with net buyers of QR0.33mn on February 2.The Arab institutions were net sellers to the extent of QR0.37mn against net buyers of QR0.05mn the previous trading day.The local retail investors’ net buying declined substantially to QR12.15mn compared to QR54.02mn last Thursday.The Gulf individual investors’ net buying weakened perceptibly to QR0.23mn against QR1.13mn on February 2.However, the Gulf institutions’ net buying expanded considerably to QR8.54mn compared to QR0.72mn the previous trading day.The domestic funds turned net buyers to the tune of QR0.44mn against net profit takers of QR9.08mn last Thursday.The foreign institutions’ net profit booking shrank markedly to QR13.21mn compared to QR39.39mn on February 2.The Arab individual investors’ net selling eased marginally to QR6.89mn against QR7.79mn the previous trading day.The main market saw a 29% contraction in trade volumes to 140.42mn shares, 52% in value to QR343.52mn and 48% in deals to 10,389.
February 05, 2023 | 08:19 PM