Doha: The Qatar Stock Exchange index closed Wednesday's session with a decline of 4.16 points, or 0.04 percent, to settle at 10,161.60 points. During the session, a total of 157,584,058 shares were traded, valued at QR 508,453,936.43, through the execution of 19,310 transactions across all sectors. The session saw 19 companies' shares rise, while 27 companies' shares fell, and 5 companies maintained their previous closing prices. At the end of the trading session, the market capitalization stood at QR 587,309,938,058.51, compared to QR 586,961,547,802.38 in the previous session. Source: Qatar News Agency
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