The general index of Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) rose 33.22 points, or 0.33%, at the beginning of trading on Wednesday, reaching the level of 10,233 points compared to yesterday's closing.
The QSE general index was supported by a rise in all sectors: Transportations by 1.22%; Real Estate by 0.61%; Consumer Goods and Services sectors by 0.54%; Telecoms by 0.33%; Banks and Financial Services by 0.25%, Insurance by 0.13%; and Industrials by 0.10%.
At 10:00 am, QSE registered trading of 21.818 million shares in 1,697 transactions valued QR 43.638 million.
On the other hand, the semi-annual review of Qatar Stock Exchange indices revealed that United Development Company and Vodafone will replace Baladna and Ezdan Holding in the QE Index.
The semi-annual review - effective April 1 - also indicated that Lesha Bank and Medicare will be removed from the QE Al Rayan Islamic Index, while Qatar Cinema and Meeza will join the QE All Share Index.

The Gulf institutions were seen net profit takers even as the 20-stock Qatar Index remained rather unchanged at 10,190.65 points on Tuesday