Doha: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index closed Thursday's trading session higher by 26.99 points, or 0.26 percent, to settle at 10,379.69 points.

According to Qatar News Agency, a total of 128,137,359 shares were traded during the session, with turnover reaching QAR 367,646,853.995 through 21,036 transactions across all sectors. Shares of 33 companies advanced during the session, while shares of 17 companies declined and three others closed unchanged.

Market capitalization at the end of the session increased to QAR 620,748,040,612.530, compared to QAR 619,465,410,909.014 in the previous trading session.