Manama, October 2 /BNA/ The volume of shares traded on the Bahrain Bourse during this week reached 12,577,132 shares with a total value of 3,041,888 Bahraini dinars, executed by brokers on behalf of investors through 365 transactions.

Investors traded shares of 24 companies this week; the prices of 8 companies’ shares rose, while 8 companies’ shares declined, and the rest maintained their previous closing prices.

The financial sector ranked first in this week’s transactions, with the value of its traded shares reaching 1,902,810 Bahraini dinars, representing 62.55% of the total value of traded shares, with a volume of 8,386,919 shares executed through 220 transactions.

The second place went to the luxury consumer goods sector, with a traded share value of 576,218 Bahraini dinars, accounting for 18.94% of the total traded share value on the bourse, and a volume of 2,283,202 shares executed through 22 transactions.

At the company level, GFH Financial Group ranked first in terms of value, with its shares valued at 1,021,974 Bahraini dinars, representing 33.60% of the traded share value, and a volume of 5,689,830 shares executed through 62 transactions.

The National Hotels Company came second with a value of 454,928 Bahraini dinars, representing 14.96% of the traded share value, and a volume of 1,977,840 shares executed through 3 transactions.

Regarding trading averages over the five working days this week, the daily average value of traded shares was 608,378 Bahraini dinars, while the daily average volume of traded shares was 2,515,426 shares. The average number of transactions during the week was 73.