Doha: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) general index closed at 9,628.36 points on Wednesday, 17.92 points (0.19 percent) down from its previous closing. A trading volume of 239,743,684 shares was registered in 19,650 transactions in all sectors, with a total trading value of QR 561,674,188.722. The prices of 17 companies rose and those of 31 declined, while three companies maintained their previous closing price. The market capitalization closed at QR 599,292,067,424.670 compared to QR 561,251,203,74.070 in the previous session. Source: Qatar News Agency