Kuwait Stock Exchange Closes with Broad Gains Across Its Indices - Sarmad
The Kuwait Stock Exchange closed its trading session with broad gains across its main indices, accompanied by an increase in trading volume.
Translated by Qiyas from سرمد — Original source
The Kuwait Stock Exchange closed its trading session on Thursday with its main index rising by 69.04 points, or 0.81 percent, to reach 8,546.71 points. A total of 292.5 million shares were traded across 18,645 cash transactions valued at 81.9 million Kuwaiti dinars.
The Main Market index rose by 63.40 points, or 0.75 percent, to 8,534.66 points, with 174.4 million shares traded in 9,683 cash transactions worth 28.5 million dinars.
The First Market index increased by 73.82 points, or 0.83 percent, to 8,992.84 points, as 145 million shares were traded in 8,962 cash transactions valued at 53.4 million dinars.
The Main 50 index gained 119.54 points, or 1.27 percent, to reach 9,549.99 points, with 125 million shares traded in 7,377 cash transactions worth 24.7 million dinars.
The most gainer stocks were Qinyan A, Portland, Mohayer, and Al Bayt, while the most decliners were Tamayoz, Al Kout, Hotels, and Petroleum.
