Kuwait Stock Exchange Closes Trading with General Index Up by 13.46 Points - Sarmad

The Kuwait Stock Exchange closed its trading sessions on Wednesday with its general index rising by 13.46 points, or 0.16 percent, to reach 8,667.50 points.

A total of 304.4 million shares were traded across 22,043 cash transactions, valued at 80.16 million dinars.

The main market index rose by 17.70 points, or 0.20 percent, to reach 8,918.53 points, following the trading of 201.14 million shares through 13,314 cash transactions valued at 38.4 million dinars.

The First Market index also rose by 13.25 points, or 0.15 percent, to reach 9,063.91 points, with 103.2 million shares traded across 8,729 cash transactions valued at 41.7 million dinars.

Meanwhile, the “Main 50” index fell by 21.72 points, or 0.22 percent, to reach 10,056.77 points, as 167.7 million shares were traded through 10,448 cash transactions valued at 32.5 million dinars.

The most gainer stocks were Al-Takhsis, YouPack, Qinyan A, and Eva Hotels, while the biggest decliners were Hotels, Al-Anzima, Kuwait T, and Aijal.