Kuwait – Mubasher: The Kuwaiti stock market saw a positive performance by the end of Thursday, after the price index levelled up 0.46% to reach 5,480.42 points.
Both the weighted and Kuwait-15 indices grew 0.90% and 1.19% respectively on the back of banks.
The banks segment of Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) topped eight gainers with 1.46%, endorsed by seven shares led by Ithmaar and KFH which rose 7.14% and 3% respectively.
The financial services sector levelled up 0.97%, backed by GFH which gained 8.47% to be the top winner.
Meanwhile, the consumer goods sector headed four decliners with 0.91%.
KSE’s trading value increased to KWD 20.95 million, as trading volume grew 19.9% to 217.06 million shares.
Ithmaar Bank was the most active stock on which 13.96 million shares were traded.
Agility recorded the highest trading value that amounted to KWD 3.7 million.
