The 'Green' covers Kuwait Stock Exchange indices at closing - Sarmad

The Kuwait Stock Exchange closed its trading session on Monday with its general index rising by 18.07 points, or 0.20 percent, to reach 8,962.24 points. A total of 463.1 million shares were traded across 32,516 cash transactions, valued at 121.8 million Kuwaiti dinars.

The main market index rose by 49.33 points, or 0.52 percent, to reach 9,476.63 points, through the trading of 305.5 million shares across 22,562 cash transactions, valued at 68.1 million dinars.

The first market index increased by 12.34 points, or 0.13 percent, to reach 9,317.90 points, with 157.5 million shares traded across 9,954 cash transactions, valued at 53.6 million dinars.

The “Main 50” index rose by 100.77 points, or 0.90 percent, to reach 11,348.25 points, through the trading of 220.1 million shares across 13,788 cash transactions, valued at 44.1 million dinars.

The companies that saw the largest gains were Markaz, Awal Takaful, Qeywan A, and Al-Anzima, while the companies that experienced the largest declines were Hotels, Yopak, Al-Kout, and Unicab.