Doha, February 03 (QNA) - The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index closed higher on Tuesday by 15.87 points, or 0.14 percent, to reach 11,420.88 points.

During the session, a total of 134,830,545 shares were traded, with a value of QAR 461,800,621.978, through 25,148 transactions across all sectors.

The session saw the shares of 29 companies rise, and those of 21 companies decline, while 3 companies maintained their previous closing price.

At the end of the trading session, the market capitalization stood at QAR 683,127,520,254.674, compared to QAR 681,292,602,530.056 in the previous session. (QNA)