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Weekly Market Report

The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) Index gained 1,267.40 points, or 11.33%, during the week, to close at 12,449.05 points. Market capitalisation increased by 9.8% to reach QR679.3bn compared to QR618.6bn at the end of the previous week. Of the 43 listed companies, 42 ended the week higher, while 1 fell. Barwa Real Estate Company (BRES) was the best performing stock for the week, with a gain of 33.2% on 19.5mn shares traded; the stock is up 58.7% year-to-date (YTD). On the other hand, Islamic Holding Group (IHGS) was the worst performing with a decline of 26.3% on 2.7mn shares traded; the stock is still up 134.6% YTD.

International oil prices stabilised and traded in a relatively narrow band during the week. This allowed investors to go long on the equity market and the QSE’s benchmark index closed in the positive territory during the week. BRES, Ezdan Holding Group (ERES) and Masraf Al Rayan (MARK) were the biggest contributors to the weekly index gain. BRES contributed 154.0 points to the index’s weekly gain of 1,267.4 points. ERES contributed 134.7. MARK was the third biggest contributor at 129.5 points. Furthermore, all the 20 stocks in the QSE index closed in the positive territory during the week.

Trading value during the week increased by 28.4% to reach QR4.5bn vs QR3.5bn in the prior week. The banks and financial services sector led the trading value during the week, accounting for 33.2% of the total equity trading value. The real estate sector was the second biggest contributor to the overall trading value, accounting for 31.2% of the total. BRES was the top value traded stock during the week with total of QR850.4mn.

Trading volume increased by 25.6% to reach 103.1mn shares vs 82.1mn in the prior week. The number of transactions rose by 16.9% to reach 43,097 versus 36,876 in the prior week. The real estate sector led the trading volume, accounting for 49.3%, followed by the banks and financial services sector, which accounted for 19.7% of the overall trading volume. BRES was also the top volume traded stock during the week with total of 19.5mn shares.

Foreign institutions turned bullish the week with a net buying of QR266.6mn vs net selling of QR219.0mn in the prior week. Qatari institutions remained bullish with a net buying of QR62.7mn vs net buying of QR142.2mn the week before. Foreign retail investors turned bullish for the week with a net buying of QR49.1mn vs net selling of QR86.7mn in the prior week. Qatari retail investors turned bearish with a net selling of QR378.8mn vs net purchases of QR163.4mn the week
before.

Thus far in 2014, the QSE has already witnessed net foreign portfolio investment inflow of $2.5bn.

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