Kuwait- Mubasher: Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) indices opened Monday’s session on mixed note.
The price index fell 0.16%, or 8.55 points, to 5360.48 points, while the weighted and Kuwait-15 indices edged up 0.09% and 0.39%, respectively.
Trading volume reached 9 million shares through 271 transactions, with a turnover of KWD 1.64 million, by 11am Kuwait time.
The insurance sector topped the losers shedding 1.5%, followed by the industrials sector decreasing 0.34%, on the back of the decline of Acico Industries and Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport.
The banks and real estate sectors were down by 0.25% and 0.26%, respectively.
On the other hand, the telecommunications sector grew 0.24% backed by Mobile Telecommunications (Zain), which levelled up 1.5%, followed by the consumer services sector with a slight growth of 0.04%.
Gulf Insurance Group topped the losing shares by 7.1%, while Awj Holding led the top performers by 5.5%.
On the trading volume level, Zima Holding was the most active with 2.22 million shares traded at a value of KWD 106,360. The stock added 1.05%.
The National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) achieved the highest liquidity of KWD 744,190 through trading 1.28 million shares to reach 580 fils.
