Boursa Kuwait indices close Monday higher

Mubasher: The indices of Boursa Kuwait closed Monday’s session in the green zone; the price index went up 1.21% or 74.6 points to 6,250.67 points.

Similarly, both the weighted and Kuwait-15 indices gained 0.9% and 0.73%, respectively.

The industrial sector topped seven gainers with 2.1%, backed by National Cleaning which added 13.04%.

The financial services segment rose by 1.5%, in line with the 9.2% growth of Arzan.

Telecom companies grew by 1.12%, endorsed by the 2.27% rise of Zain.

Meanwhile, the insurance sector led three decliners with 1.8%, dragged by Gulf Insurance which dropped 20% to be the top loser.

Boursa Kuwait’s turnover retreated to KWD 13.48 million on Monday compared to KWD 13.49 million in the previous session, while the trading volume increased by 3.8% to 84.59 million shares from 81.51 million.

Kuwait Finance House (KFH) recorded the highest liquidity of KWD 3.28 million, rising 0.74%.

Investors was the most active stock on which 9.91 million shares were exchanged, up 5.9%.

Mubasher Contribution Time: 13-Nov-2017 10:37 (GMT)
Mubasher Last Update Time: 13-Nov-2017 11:06 (GMT)