Kuwait Stock Exchange Closes with General Index Up 75.26 Points
Kuwait Stock Exchange closes higher with active trading
Translated by Qiyas from كونا — Original source
Kuwait City, Sept 23 (KUNA) -- The Kuwait Stock Exchange closed its trading session on Wednesday with its general index rising by 75.26 points, or 0.86 percent, to reach 8,830.61 points. A total of 374.12 million shares were traded across 27,264 cash transactions valued at 117.2 million Kuwaiti dinars (approximately $359.8 million).
The main market index rose by 49.64 points, or 0.55 percent, to reach 9,137.79 points, with 220.8 million shares traded in 17,511 cash transactions valued at 51.6 million dinars (approximately $158.4 million).
The first market index increased by 84.62 points, or 0.93 percent, to reach 9,223.53 points, with 153.2 million shares traded in 9,753 cash transactions valued at 65.5 million dinars (approximately $201 million).
The Main 50 index rose by 63.56 points, or 0.61 percent, to reach 10,463.01 points, with 170.2 million shares traded in 12,325 cash transactions valued at 36.7 million dinars (approximately $112.6 million).
The most gainer stocks were Tharia, Systems, Tazween, and Al-Kout, while the most decliner stocks were Al-Ghalia, Nabisco, Markaz, and Gulf T. (End) M.K.A./H.T.
