With reference to Market Notice (007) dated 03/09/2023, the Qatar Stock Exchange amends the list of securities eligible to engage in market making activity, liquidity supply, margin trading and covered short selling in conjunction with the semi-annual review of the Qatar Stock Exchange indices. Based on the standards approved by the Qatar Financial Markets Authority. This amendment will be effective from October 2, 2023, as follows:
1. Margin Trading and Short Selling Activity:
• Shares of companies constituting Qatar Stock Exchange index
• Shares of companies constituting the QE Al Rayyan Islamic Index.
• Shares of companies whose annual turnover rate is equal to or greater than 10%, as well as where the quarterly turnover rate in their trading exceeds 80% of the trading days in each quarter.
• Units of the Qatar Index ETF and the Al Rayan Qatar ETF
• Companies that have at least one liquidity provider or market maker.
Note: If a stock is excluded from the eligible list, brokers will have a three-month period to cancel open positions from the relevant activities.
2. Activities of market maker and liquidity provider:
All companies listed on the Main Market and Emerging Market of the Qatar Stock Exchange, and all ETFs listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange are eligible for both Market Maker and Liquidity Provider activities.