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The Qatar News Agency reported that the Qatar Stock Exchange index closed at 10,181.82 points on August 5 after adding 89.24 points for a gain of 0.88 percent. A total of 36 companies saw share prices advance during the session while 13 declined and four remained unchanged. Trading volume reached 158,582,344 shares with a turnover of QAR 389,492,451.952 across 24,463 transactions.
Market capitalization expanded to QAR 611,603,952,356.872 by the close from QAR 605,829,844,051.646 at the end of the previous session, the agency stated in its dispatch from Doha. This performance reversed a 0.41 percent decline recorded on August 4 when the index settled at 10,092.58 points according to Qatar Stock Exchange figures. The exchange’s own data placed the year-to-date performance at a decline of roughly 5.8 percent entering August.
A report from Zawya on June 21 noted that the QSE 20 index had closed the month of May at 10,555 after a 0.6 percent monthly gain led by real estate, industrials and transport. Such sectoral support has featured in several recent sessions with industrials rising as much as 1.70 percent and banks and financial services climbing 1.15 percent in early August trading updates from the Qatar News Agency. These movements have helped stabilize the main gauge following volatility seen through much of the summer.
Data from Trading Economics showed the index standing at 10,007 points on July 29 after a 0.16 percent drop with the one-month performance down 2.29 percent at that stage. Yahoo Finance figures placed the 52-week range for the QE Index between 9,918.77 and 10,866.89 points. The latest advance on August 5 lifted the benchmark back above the 10,180 level where it had traded in recent days.
The Qatar Stock Exchange has recorded varying daily volumes in the first week of August with more than 118 million shares traded on August 4 across 25,185 deals according to the exchange’s market summary. This level of activity reflects continued participation from both domestic and foreign investors in a market that lists companies across banking, industrials and consumer goods. Official interactive trading reports from the QSE provide ongoing breakdowns of these metrics for market participants.
Qatar News Agency dispatches have consistently detailed how the index responds to broader economic signals in a country where energy and financial services play central roles. The August 5 session added to a pattern of incremental gains that have alternated with pullbacks since the start of the year. Exchange officials continue to release daily updates that allow for close tracking of liquidity and price movements across listed securities.
