Mubasher: Boursa Kuwait opened Monday’s session up. The benchmark price index inched up 0.16%, or 9.8 points, to 6,223.97 points, while the weighted and Kuwait-15 indices added 0.59% and 0.72%, respectively.
By 9:15 am Kuwait time, the banking sector topped the list of the gainers with 0.72%, led by Ithmar Bank, Kuwait Finance House and National Bank of Kuwait which advanced 2.3%, 1.24% and 0.97%, respectively.
Similarly, the real estate sector jumped 0.23% after Kuwait Real Estate Holding and Kuwait Real Estate gained 5% and 4.1%, respectively.
Meanwhile, the consumer service stock topped the bourse losers with 0.08% on the back of Jiyad Holding Company’s stock 1.06% decline.
Boursa Kuwait’s trading volume amounted to 10 million shares traded through 420 transactions at a turnover of KWD 2.8 million.
National Bank of Kuwiat’s stock spearheaded the Boursa Kuwait in terms of liquidity with KWD 773,000, while Ithmar Bank topped the market in terms of trading volume with 2.05 million shares.
