Doha, October 20 (QNA) - The Qatar Stock Exchange index closed down 34.24 points, or 0.40 percent, at 8,598.42 points on Tuesday.

A total of 231,314,946 shares were traded during the session, with a combined value of QR 418,078,645.021 across all sectors in 28,783 transactions.

Shares of 28 companies rose, while those of 20 others fell. Five companies closed unchanged from their previous closing prices.

The market capitalization at the close of trading stood at QR 525,344,734,244.796, compared with QR 526,955,966,537.420 in the previous session. (QNA)