Kuwait – Mubasher: The indices of Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) started Wednesday’s session in the red zone.
KSE’s price index levelled down 0.09% or 4.8 points to 5,479.37 points by 9:25am Kuwait time. The weighted and Kuwait-15 indices fell by 0.27% and 0.35% respectively.
Trading value stood at KWD 1.15 million after 9.17 million shares were traded through 283 transactions.
The consumer goods sector topped the gainers by 0.23%, backed by Mezzan which rose by 1.85%.
Meanwhile, the basic materials sector led the decliners by 0.78% as both Boubyan Petrochemical and Qurain Petrochemical retreated by 2% and 1% respectively.
Kuwait Cinema led the losers by a drop of 7.4%.
Zain was the most active stock on which 1.29 million shares were traded at a value of about KWD 430,900. The stock levelled down by 1.5%.
KFH recorded the highest liquidity that totalled KWD 454,700 after 1.02 million shares were exchanged. The stock rose by 2.3%.
