Kuwait Stock Exchange Closes with General Index Rising by 18.07 Points
Kuwait Stock Exchange General Index rises by 0.20% amid active trading.
Translated by Qiyas from الوسط — Original source
The Kuwait Stock Exchange closed its trading 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 (approximately $397.5 million).
The main market index rose by 49.33 points, or 0.52 percent, to reach 9,476.63 points, with 305.5 million shares traded in 22,562 cash transactions valued at 68.1 million dinars (approximately $222.2 million).
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 in 9,954 cash transactions valued at 53.6 million dinars (approximately $205.1 million).
The Main 50 index rose by 100.77 points, or 0.90 percent, to reach 11,348.25 points, with 220.1 million shares traded in 13,788 cash transactions valued at 44.1 million dinars (approximately $143.9 million).
The most-gained stocks were Markaz, Awal Takaful, Qeywan A, and Al-Anzima, while the most-lost stocks were Hotels, Yopak, Al-Kout, and Unicab.
