Doha, July 01 (QNA) - The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index closed higher on Wednesday, gaining 49.07 points, or 0.48 percent, to 10,290.82 points.

A total of 114,258,931 shares were traded, with a turnover of QR 297,905,752.443 across 18,252 transactions in all sectors.

Shares of 18 companies advanced, while 23 declined and 13 companies remained unchanged.

Market capitalization rose to QR 621,603,116,048.206, compared with QR 616,210,176,094.736 in the previous session. (QNA)