Kuwait Stock Exchange closes trading with its general index up 1.43 points - Sarmad

The Kuwait Stock Exchange closed its trading today, Sunday, with its general index rising by 1.43 points, or 0.02%, to reach 8,944.17 points.

A total of 453.1 million shares were traded across 27,575 cash transactions valued at 123.1 million dinars.

The Main Market index rose by 94.59 points, or 1.01%, to reach 9,427.30 points, with 268.4 million shares traded through 18,486 cash transactions valued at 60.3 million dinars.

Conversely, the First Market index fell by 18.32 points, or 0.20%, to reach 9,305.56 points, with 184.7 million shares traded through 9,089 cash transactions valued at 62.8 million dinars.

Meanwhile, the “Main 50” index rose by 130.69 points, or 1.18%, to reach 11,274.48 points, with 214.8 million shares traded through 12,432 cash transactions valued at 45.3 million dinars.

The companies that saw the largest gains were Yopak, Awal Takaful, Al-Daira, and Markaz, while the companies that experienced the steepest declines were Aabar, Wathiq, Tahseelat, and Kamefek.