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The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) general index closed Tuesday's trading higher by 138.760 points, or 1.310 percent, to close at 10,697.1 points.

During the session, 234,170,442 shares, valued at QAR494,587,077.954, were traded in 24,293 transactions across all sectors.

Shares of 43 companies rose, while nine companies saw a decline in their share price.

Market capitalization at the end of the trading session amounted to QAR631,809,272,240.600, compared to QAR624,365,816,896.805 in the previous session.