GLOBAL MARKETSThe QE General Index (Qatar) is at 10,014.83, down 0.51% in the latest session, up 9.44% over the past week and down 6.95% since the start of the year.
The QE General Index is the main benchmark of the Qatar Stock Exchange in Doha. The exchange trades Sunday to Thursday.
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Karim HaddadDoha and Dubai finished the week higher while Abu Dhabi slipped. In the UAE, decliners outnumbered advancers by more than three to one on Friday.
Decliners outnumbered advancers 73 to 41 among large caps in Saudi Arabia. By sector, industrial services (+1.20%) and health technology (+0.78%) led, while technology services (−0.99%) and communications (−0.89%) lagged.
Decliners outnumbered advancers 63 to 19 among large caps in the UAE. By sector, commercial services (+0.25%) and utilities (+0.16%) led, while health services (−2.66%) and technology services (−2.43%) lagged.