Doha, July 27 (QNA) - Qatar's stock market closed higher on Monday, with the benchmark index rising 81.72 points, or 0.82%, to finish at 10,085.39 points.

A total of 152,049,663 million shares were traded during the session, with a combined value of QAR321.05 million ($88.2 million) across 28,225 transactions covering all sectors.

Shares in 24 companies advanced, while 25 declined and three closed unchanged.

Market capitalization rose to QAR606.31 billion at the close of trading, up from QAR601.49 billion in the previous session. (QNA)