21 billion riyals foreign purchases in the first half of 2018

Stock market in second position in the Gulf
Market capitalization of $ 135 billion
RAK 335.8 million average volume of daily transactions

The Qatar Exchange index rose 5.52% in the first half of 2018 to reach 9.024 at the end of June against 8.620 at the beginning of the year. The Dubai Stock Exchange (DFM) was the biggest loser in the Gulf with 16.91%, followed by the Dubai Financial Market (DFM)

Second place
Although the Bo Qatar has the smallest number of companies Listed with 45 companies, but it is the second largest market capitalization after the Saudi market, which includes 181 listed companies.

The capitalization of the Qatar Stock Exchange at the end of the first half of 2018, 135 billion dollars after the Saudi market, which includes 63 companies in third place, about 133 billion, and the capitalization of Dubai, 96 billion dollars, and finally 91 billion Kuwait companies, or 156.

Strong entry into foreign investment
The first half of 2018 saw solid earnings for the investor Foreign investors increased 41% compared to the same period last year to 21.8 billion RS, while sales rose 21% to 17.6 billion profit following the periodic review of FTSE and Morgan Stanley . At the end of the first half of 2018.

The Qatar Stock Exchange today declared that the daily trading rates of the stock market over the first half of each of the past three years have seen a steady increase in average daily trading volume in the first half of 2016 of 286.67 million riyals, Then rose in the first half of 2017 by 14%. 2 percent to reach 327.41 million riyals, then increased by 2.5 percent during the first half of this year 2018 to reach 335.48 million riyals