Kuwait-Mubasher: The benchmark index of Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) ended Thursday’s session up 0.09% or 4.60 points to close at 5,390.70 points.
The weighted and Kuwait-15 indices rose by 0.1% or 0.02% respectively.
The market’s liquidity shrank by 4.2% to KWD 7.35 million, while the trading volume grew by 9.3% to 72 million shares.
The technology sector topped eight gainers by 2.12%, backed by the Automated Systems which rose by 5.48% to rank the third among the winners.
Meanwhile, the oil and gas sector led three decliners by 0.63%, dragged by Energy House which fell by 3.2%.
Tahssilat was the top loser by a fall of 5.5% to 43 fils, after around 50,200 shares were traded through nine transactions at a value of about KWD 2,200.
Hits Telecom was the most active stock on which 18.7 million shares were exchanged at a value of about KWD 745,300. The stock fell by 1.25%.
NBK recorded the highest liquidity which stood at KWD 2 million, after 3.6 million shares were traded. The stock rose 1.8% to 570 fils.
