KSE sheds 3.38 points, hurt by banks

Kuwait-Mubasher: The price index of Kuwait’s stock market lost 0.06% or 3.38 points to close at 5,699.78 points on Tuesday.

Also, both the weighted and Kuwait-15 indexes declined by 2.7 points and 1.02% respectively. Kuwait-15 index closed at 933.67 points.

The stock of National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) led down the index after dropping 2.35% to 830 fils, yet the bank recorded the day’s highest turnover. Also, KFH fell by 1.7% to 580 fils.

Turnover in Tuesday’s trading session stood at KWD 14.6 million, after 108.7 million shares were traded through 3,000 transactions.

Out of the 142 securities traded today, decliners outnumbered advancers by 44 to 38.

Al Dar National Real Estate was the most active stock, as 7.9 million shares were traded, with a value of about KWD 204,000. The stock settled at 26 fils.

Mubasher Contribution Time: 17-Nov-2015 09:42 (GMT)