The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index decreased 94.36 points, or 0.95%, during the trading week to close at 9,886.86. Market capitalisation decreased by 0.6% to QR547.0bn versus QR550.5bn at the end of the previous trading week. Of the 45 listed companies, 20 ended the week higher, while 23 declined and two remained unchanged. Qatar Cinema & Film Distribution Co (QCFS) was the best performing stock for the week with a gain of a 9.2% on 948 shares traded only. On the other hand, Medicare (MCGS) was the worst performing stock for the week with a decline of 4.2% on 407,136 shares traded.
QNB Group (QNBK), Qatar Islamic Bank (QIBK) and Masraf Al Rayan (MARK) were the primary contributors to the weekly index loss. QNBK was the biggest contributor, deleting 44.0 points from the index. QIBK was the second biggest contributor to the mentioned decrease, removing 17.2 points from the index. Moreover, MARK shaved off 14.3 points from the index. However, Ooredoo (ORDS) added 9.9 points to the index.
Trading value during the week decreased by 16.6% to QR1.0bn versus QR1.2bn in the prior week. The banks and financial services sector led the trading value during the week, accounting for 40.6% of the total. The industrial sector was the second biggest contributor to the overall trading value, accounting for 21.9% of the total. QNB Group (QNBK) was the top value traded stock during the week with total traded value of QR215.9mn.
Trading volume decreased by 7.0% to reach 38.2mn shares versus 41.0mn in the prior week. The number of transactions declined by 1.3% to reach 18,470 versus 18,711 in the prior week. The real estate sector led the trading volume, accounting for 30.2%, followed by the banks and financial services sector, which accounted for 21.8% of the overall trading volume. Ezdan Holding Group (ERES) was the top volume traded stock during the week with 6.0mn shares.
Foreign institutions remained bullish with net buying of QR147.9mn versus net buying of QR203.0mn in the prior week. Qatari institutions remained bearish with net selling of QR96.6mn versus net selling of QR88.3mn in the week before. Foreign retail investors remained bearish with net selling of QR17.7mn versus net selling of QR26.5mn in the prior week. Qatari retail investors remained bearish with net selling of QR33.5mn versus net selling of QR88.2mn the week before. 
Foreign institutions have bought (net basis) $1.5bn worth of Qatari equities year-to-date.