Doha: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index closed Wednesday's trading higher by 3.45 points, or 0.03 percent, to settle at 10,928.23 points.

According to Qatar News Agency, during the session, a total of 106,940,817 shares were traded, with a value of QAR 299,236,135.197, through 19,676 transactions across all sectors. The session witnessed the shares of 18 companies rise, while 27 companies saw their stocks decline, and seven companies maintained their previous closing price.

At the end of the trading session, the market capitalization stood at QR 653,121,909,787.118, compared to QR 653,216,404,408.010 in the previous session.