Santhosh V. Perumal

International factors such as MSCI decision and those relating to global energy front dampened sentiments on the Qatar Stock Exchange, which once touched as high as more than 10,400 levels this week.

Buying interests at the realty, banking and telecom counters on Thursday overcame the strong selling pressure, especially in the consumer goods, to lift the Qatar Stock Exchange after two days of sell-off.

Significant fiscal and external buffers have enabled Qatar to successfully absorb the adverse shocks from the 2014-16 decline in oil prices and the diplomatic rift with its neighbours, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Significant fiscal and external buffers have enabled Qatar to successfully absorb the adverse shocks from the 2014-16 decline in oil prices and the diplomatic rift with its neighbours, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Qatar's manufacturing sector saw robust gains; yet the industrial production decelerated in September on a yearly basis, according to the official estimates.

An across-the-board selling, particularly in the consumer goods and banking sectors, on Wednesday drove the Qatar Stock Exchange down below 10,200 levels.

Qatari investors have extended a rousing welcome to the Qatar Aluminium Manufacturing Company's (Qamco) initial public offering (IPO), which was oversubscribed 2.5 times, reflecting their confidence in the country’s economy and its capital market.

Qatar has contained the effect of an unjust siege by the Saudi-led quartet, thus enabling it to grow faster this year and thereby helping the overall Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) to expand faster, according to the IMF (International Monetary Fund).