Mubasher: The Qatar Stock Exchange’s (QSE) general index fell 52 points, or 0.52%, to close at 9,982.25 points on Tuesday.

The real estate sector led decliners after dropping 1.9%, followed by the banking sector which tumbled by 0.8%.

On the other hand, the goods and consumer services sectors rose 0.9% and 0.16%, respectively.

National Leasing Holding headed fallers and slid 5.6%, while Islamic Holding Group topped gainers with 5%.

The QSE’s liquidity shrank 14.3% to QAR 263.32 million on Tuesday, from QAR 307.25 million in the previous session, while trading volume fell 18.6% to 8.87 million shares, against 10.9 million on Monday.

Qatar Fuel’s (Woqod) stock, which added 1.8%, spearheaded the QSE in terms of turnover with QAR 50.88 million, while United Development’s stock, down 1.9%, registered the highest trading volume of 1.85 million shares.