Kuwait – Mubasher: The indices of Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) ended Wednesday’s trading session with a mixed performance for the second session in a row.
The price index levelled up by 0.2% or 10.87 points to reach 5,554.46 points, while both the weighted and Kuwait-15 indices retreated by 0.19% and 0.5% respectively.
The industrial segment topped seven gainers with 0.35%, in line with the 6.49% rise of KCPC.
The telecom sector rose by 0.15%, backed by Hits Telecom which gained 2.3%.
KSE’s trading value increased to KWD 20.05 million as trading volume grew to 124.82 million shares.
Meanwhile, the banks sector led five decliners with 0.45%, dragged by six stock that were led by Ithmaar which lost 2.6%.
The financial services sector retreated by 0.1%, as Boubyan International Industries fell by 9.8% to be the top loser, yet it was the most active stock with about 17.93 million traded shares.
Mezzan recorded the highest trading value of KWD 3.53 million. The stock levelled up 1.11%.
