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The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index gained 0.07% at the beginning of Thursday's trading, adding 7.74 points to reach 10,963 points, compared to the previous session's close, backed by three sectors. According to figures from QSE, the Industrial sector rose by 0.36%, the Real Estate sector increased by 0.04%, and the Banks and Financial Services sector edged up by 0.01%. Meanwhile, the Consumer Goods and Services sector fell by 0.12%, the Transport sector by 0.23%, the Insurance sector by 0.42%, and the Telecommunications sector by 0.74%. At 10:00 am, QSE recorded 2,565 transactions worth QAR 50.025 million, distributed over 21.752 million shares.

Oil prices rose on Thursday, snapping a three-day losing streak and rebounding from 16-week lows. Brent Crude futures gained 15 cents, or 0.2%, to $65.50 a barrel. US West Texas Intermediate crude climbed by 14 cents, or 0.2%, to $61.92 a barrel. On Wednesday, Brent and WTI both lost about 1%, with Brent closing at its lowest since June 5 and for WTI since May 30. Crude inventories rose by 1.8 million barrels to 416.5 million barrels in the week ended on September 26.

Kuwait Bourse closed trading on Sunday as the All Share Index gained 68.20 points to reach 8,784.83 points, an increase of 0.78 percent. As many as 514.3 million shares valued at KWD 104.6 million (roughly USD 319 million) were traded via 24,040 transactions.The Main Market Index went up by 66.27 points to reach 8,002.73 points, up by 0.84 percent, through 316.9 million shares done via 15,462 transactions valued at KWD 46.19 million (roughly USD 140.8 million).The Premier Market Index gained 72.05 points to reach 9,413.99 points, up by 0.77 percent, through 197.3 million shares done via 8,578 transactions valued at KWD 58.4 million (roughly USD 178.12 million).Meanwhile, the bourse Main 50 Index went up by 80.86 points to reach 8,251.41 points, up by 0.99 percent, through stock volume of 250 million shares done in 10,531 deals at a value of KWD 38.5 million (roughly USD 117.4 million).

Kuwait Bourse closed trading on Tuesday as the All Share Index gained 72.42 points to reach 8,712.18 points, an increase of 0.84 percent.As many as 455 million shares valued at KWD 116.9 million (roughly USD 356.5 million) were traded via 27,306 transactions.The Main Market Index went up by 40.42 points to reach 7,881.67 points, up by 0.52 percent, through 223.18 million shares done via 14,110 transactions valued at KWD 39.9 million (roughly USD 121.6 million).The Premier Market Index gained 83.99 points to reach 9,349.85 points, up by 0.91 percent, through 231.9 million shares done via 13,196 transactions valued at KWD 77 million (roughly USD 234.8 million).Meanwhile, the bourse Main 50 Index went up by 71.06 points to reach 8,076.77 points, up by 0.89 percent, through stock volume of 177 million shares done in 8,905 deals at a value of KWD 31.9 million (roughly USD 97.2 million).