Kuwait – Mubasher: The price index of Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) closed Thursday’s trading falling 0.02% or 1.2 point to the level of 5,407.99 points.
The weighted and Kuwait-15 indices also declined by 0.06% and 0.33% respectively.
Turnover shrank 14.7% to KWD 8.99 million from KWD 10.54 million on Wednesday, while trading volume rose 26.1% to 66.89 million shares from 53.06 million shares exchanged yesterday.
The financial services sector was the worst performer after falling 0.58% as Al Madar Finance and Investment led the red list with a 10.7% decrease.
The real estate sector also dropped 0.49%, pressured by the decline in Mena Real Estate and Al Mazaya Holding by 7% and 3.33% respectively.
Meanwhile, the oil and gas and industrial sectors was the best performers with a growth of 2.01% and 1.01% respectively.
Gulf Franchising Holding headed the green list after rising 7.35% to 36.5 fils.
Hits Telecom Holding was the most traded stock with a volume of 9.54 million shares, while Boubyan Bank made the highest liquidity with KWD 1.72 million.
