QSE index gains for third consecutive month in June, registers 5% increase

12/07/2025 02:32 AST

The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) reported gains for the third consecutive month during June this year registering a quarterly gain of 5% during Q2 2025. The QE 20 index closed the month at 10,749.5 registering a monthly gain of 2.7%.

The Qatar All Share Index also witnessed a similar gain of 2.6% during the month indicating investor interest across the market segments. With the gains in June, the first half (H1) of 2025 growth for the QE 20 index reached 1.7% while the Qatar All Share Index registered a higher growth 5.3% at the end of June 2025, noted a recent report by Kamco Invest.

The monthly sector performance chart favored gainers during the month. On the gainer's side, the Insurance index topped during June-2025 with a gain of 5% followed by Transportation Services and Telecoms indices with returns of 3.9% and 3.0%, respectively. On the decliners' side, the Real Estate index saw the biggest decline of 1.5%.

The performance of the Insurance index was supported by gains of 8.5% in shares of Qatar Insurance Co. and a 7.6% gain in shares of Qatar General Insurance & Reinsurance Co.

All the constituent stocks in the Transportation index witnessed gains mainly led by shares of Qatar Navigation and Qatar Gas Transport which were up by 4.5% and 3.5%, respectively, during the month.

Both the stocks in the Telecom sector recorded gains during the month with Vodafone Qatar reporting a gain of 3.5%. In the Qatari Banking sector, shares of most of the banks reported gains during the month.

Prominent gainers include Qatar Islamic Bank and Ahli Bank that gained 5.0% followed by Al Rayan Bank with a monthly gain of 4.0%. Most of the constituents in the Consumer Goods & Services sector witnessed gains with shares of Qatar Cinema & Film Distribution up by 8.3% followed Medicare Group that registered a gain of 4.1%, whereas Al Faleh Educational Holding reported a decline of 4.2%.

The monthly stock performance chart was topped with Mannai Corporation with a gain of 17.4% followed by the Qatar Insurance and Qatar Cinema & Film Distribution with gains of 8.5% and 8.3%, respectively. On the decliners side, Inma Holding Co topped with a decline of 7.7% followed by Dlala Brokerage & Investment Holding and Aamal Co. with declines of 4.8% and 4.6%, respectively.

The total volume of shares traded declined by 15.6% to reach 4 billion shares as compared to 4.7 billion shares in the previous month. In terms of value traded, the decline was at 14.4% reaching QR9.4bn in June 2025 as compared to QR11bn in May-2025.

Ezdan Holding Group topped the monthly volume chart with 491.9 million traded shares followed by Baladna and Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding at 331.9 million shares and 292.5 million traded shares, respectively.

On the monthly value traded chart, Industries Qatar topped with shares worth QR754m traded during the month followed by Qatar National Bank and Qatar Islamic Bank with value traded at QR584.4m and QR566.2m, respectively.

After falling to the lowest level in two months during the first half of June 2025, the report noted that the GCC market index witnessed strong and consistent recovery during the second half of the month resulting in a 3.1% gain in the MSCI GCC index during the month. The gains were broad based with almost all the markets registering monthly gains.

Gains during June 2025 also pushed H1 2025 performance into the green at the GCC level with a gain of 1.5%.