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QSE sees 91% stocks gain as index surges 186 points; M-cap adds QR10.91bn
Talks of ceasefire on Iran war appear to have lifted the sentiments in the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE), which yesterday witnessed 91% of the traded constituents make gains; leading to 186 points surge in key index and about QR11bn in capitalisation.
An across the board buying led to 1.83% jump in the 20s-stock Qatar Index to 10,346.22 points, although it touched an intraday high of 10,362 points.
The industrials and telecom sector saw higher than average demand in the main market, whose year-to-date losses truncated to 3.87%.
The foreign institutions turned bullish in the main bourse, whose capitalisation added QR10.91bn or 1.81% to QR612.56bn mainly on large and midcap segments.
The local retail investors were seen net buyers in the main market, whose trade turnover and volumes were on the rise.
The Gulf funds turned net buyers in the main bourse, which saw as many as 0.01mn exchange traded funds (sponsored by AlRayan Bank and Doha Bank) valued at QR0.04mn trade across 10 deals.
The Arab institutions were net buyers, albeit at lower levels, in the main market, which saw no trading of sovereign bonds.
The Islamic index was seen outperforming the other indices of the main bourse, which saw no trading of treasury bills.
The Total Return Index shot up 1.83%, the All Share Index by 1.67% and the Al Rayan Islamic Index by 1.86% in the main bourse.
The industrials sector index surged 2.73%, telecom (2.22%), transport (1.55%), banks and financial institutions (1.44%), consumer goods and services (1.31%), real estate (0.72%) and insurance (0.15%).
As many as 48 gained, while only three declined and two were unchanged in the main market.
Major movers in the main market included Qamco, Beema, Widam Food, Qatar Industrial Manufacturing, Industries Qatar, QNB, Medicare Group, Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding, Gulf International Services, Estithmar Holding, Ezdan, Ooredoo, Gulf Warehousing and Nakilat. In the juniour bourse, Techno Q saw its shares appreciate in value.
Nevertheless, QLM, Qatar Islamic Insurance and Meeza were the shakers in the main market.
The foreign institutions turned net buyers to the tune of QR6.4mn against net profit takers of QR1.28mn the previous day.
The local retail investors were net buyers to the extent of QR2.22mn compared with net sellers of QR7.13mn on April 5.
The Gulf institutions turned net buyers to the tune of QR1.79mn against net sellers of QR2.37mn on Sunday.
The Arab funds were net buyers to the extent of QR0.04mn compared with no major net exposure the previous day. However, the domestic institutions turned sellers to the tune of QR5.08mn against net buyers of QR9.35mn on April 5. The foreign individuals were net sellers to the extent of QR4.5mn compared with net buyers of QR0.16mn on Sunday.
The Arab retail investors turned net sellers to the tune of QR0.86mn against net buyers of QR1.24mn the previous day.
The Gulf individuals were net profit takers to the extent of QR0.01mn compared with net buyers of QR0.04mn on April 5.
The main market saw trade volumes more than doubled to 184.03mn shares, value more than double to QR410.55mn and deals more than double to 17,697.
In the venture market, a total of 1.27mn equities valued at QR3.28mn changed hands across 228 transactions.