Boursa Kuwait opens Sunday in red zone

Mubasher: The indices of Boursa Kuwait started Sunday’s trading session in decline; the benchmark price index retreated 0.68% or 42.6 points to reach 6,215.87 points.

Similarly, both the weighted and Kuwait-15 indices lost 0.87% and 0.95%, respectively.

By 9:30am Kuwait time, the basic materials segment led decliners, followed by the banks sector which fell by 1.5% as it was dragged by nine shares led by Ithmaar which dropped 6.15%.

Meanwhile, the industrial sector was the only gainer with a rise of 0.06%, backed by Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport (KGL) which rose by 11.4% to be the top winner.

Boursa Kuwait’s turnover amounted to KWD 3 million after 16.3 million shares were exchanged through 735 transactions.

Kuwait Finance House (KFH) recorded the highest liquidity of KWD 1.36 million, down 0.74%.

Investors was the most active stock on which 3.52 million shares were traded, rising 1.85%.

Mubasher Contribution Time: 12-Nov-2017 07:09 (GMT)
Mubasher Last Update Time: 12-Nov-2017 07:09 (GMT)