Kuwait Stock Exchange indices rise collectively at the start of today's trading - Sarmad

Kuwait’s main stock market indices rose collectively at the start of trading on Sunday, amid gains in nine sectors.

By 9:18 a.m. Kuwait time, the “First Market” and “General” indices rose by 0.19% and 0.16%, respectively, while the “Main 50” index gained 0.13% and the “Main” index increased by 0.04%, compared to Thursday’s levels.

Kuwait Stock Exchange recorded trading volume worth 12.67 million Kuwaiti dinars, distributed across 88.13 million shares, with 3,570 transactions executed.

Nine sectors rose, led by Basic Materials, which gained 1.84%, while the Technology and Insurance sectors declined by 4.33% and 2.40%, respectively, and two sectors remained flat.

At that time, the price of 61 shares rose, led by Sahel by 8.74%, while the price of 31 shares fell, headed by Gulf Insurance by 4.93%, and the price of 20 shares remained unchanged.

Sahel share led trading activity with a volume of 57.53 million shares and liquidity valued at 5.51 million Kuwaiti dinars.