Boursa Kuwait falls at Wednesday’s open

Kuwait – Mubasher: Boursa Kuwait's indexes saw a negative performance in Wednesday’s early trades.

The price index declined by 0.48% or 32.82 points to reach 6,786.27 points by 9:50am Kuwaiti time, while the weighted index and Kuwait-15 fell 0.7% and 0.68% respectively.

The market saw trading of 335.7 million shares through 4,652 transactions, with a turnover of KWD 25.23 million.

The financial services sector topped losers with a 1.26% decline as International Financial Advisors (IFA) tumbled 5.4%.

The telecom sector slid 1.4% as Kuwait Telecommunication Co. (VIVA) went down 1.1%.

The banks sector declined 0.4% as Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK) sank 2.4%.

On the flipside, the health care and insurance sectors rose 1.16% and 0.5% respectively.

Mubasher Contribution Time: 26-Jan-2017 07:37 (GMT)
Mubasher Last Update Time: 26-Jan-2017 08:32 (GMT)