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Qatar Exchange

Also known as: QE

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Updated: Sep 29, 2011

Country

Qatar

Ownership Type

Government

Company Type

Non-Corporate Entity

Sector Definitions

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Financial Services
- Securities Markets
  - Stock Exchanges
    - Conventional

Zawya Industry Classifications (ZIC)

Sector	Industry
Financial Services	Securities Markets Stock Exchanges Conventional

Formerly Known As

Doha Securities Market until June 2009

Principal Activities

Facilitating investor's trading, providing public information, ensuring correct disclosure of vital information and enforcing securities.

Date of Establishment Year

1995 (Operations started in 1997)

No of Employees

130 (As of Sep 26, 2011)

Contact Details

Address:

Qatar Exchange Building
Hamad Grand Street
P.O. Box 22114
Doha
Qatar

Tel:

+974 4433-3666

Fax:

+974 4431-9233

Email:

info@qe.qa

Website:

www.qe.com.qa

M&A Details

Acquistion

Status

Complete

Acquirer

NYSE Euronext

Target

Qatar Exchange

Announcement Date

19 Jun 2009

Closing Date

19 Jun 2009

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Zawya Industry Benchmarks	Yr 2009	Yr 2010	Change (%)
Number of Listed Companies	44	43	(2.27)
Total Market Capitalization (USD mil)	87,840	123,578	40.69
Number of Transactions (mil)	1.7	1.05	(38.24)
Volume of Traded Shares (Shares mil)	3,450	2,094	(39.30)
Value of Traded Shares (USD mil)	25,293	18,442	(27.09)