DUBAI: Qatar’s index ended a six-session losing streak to rebound from a three-week low as investors bought back sold-off mid-cap stocks, while other Middle East markets were mixed.

Doha rose 2.6 percent to 13,008 points. It had slumped since May 13’s all-time high, but Thursday’s increase — its largest in eight months — puts it 1.3 percent below that milestone.

Vodafone Qatar and Masraf Al-Rayan accounted for about half of all shares traded on the index. They climbed 2.9 and 3.8 percent respectively.

Qatar and Dubai are the Gulf’s top performing markets in 2014.