Kuwait Stock Exchange closes with its general index up by 17.63 points

Kuwait City, August 30 (KUNA) – The Kuwait Stock Exchange closed its trading session on Sunday with its general index rising by 17.63 points, or 0.20 percent, to reach 8,912.00 points. A total of 336.5 million shares were traded across 23,703 cash transactions valued at 85.9 million Kuwaiti dinars (approximately $278.1 million).

The main market index rose by 86.87 points, or 0.95 percent, to reach 9,231.54 points, driven by the trading of 226.1 million shares through 15,630 cash transactions valued at 44.3 million dinars (approximately $143.4 million).

The first market index increased by 3.80 points, or 0.04 percent, to reach 9,306.53 points, with 110.3 million shares traded via 8,073 cash transactions valued at 41.5 million dinars (approximately $134.3 million).

The Main 50 index also rose by 134.88 points, or 1.24 percent, to reach 11,001.08 points, as 136.5 million shares were traded through 8,997 cash transactions valued at 28.2 million dinars (approximately $91.3 million).

Among individual stocks, Hotels, Aabar, Mubadala, and Mohasser posted the largest gains, while Petroleum, Sahel, Bayt Al Energy, and Arkan experienced the steepest declines. (End) A.Kh / A.M.H