Kuwait – Mubasher: The Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) opened Thursday’s session on a mixed note as the price index rose 0.38% or 22.73 points to the level of 6,053.43 points.
The weighted index also leapt 0.04%, while the Kuwait-15 index declined 0.16%.
By 09:25am Kuwait time, trading volume reached 70.94 million shares exchanged through 1,207 transactions, making a turnover of KWD 5.14 million.
The consumer goods sector fell 0.27% as Sultan Center Food shrank 1.6%, the banks sector dropped 0.08% due to a decrease of 1.23% in Boubyan Bank.
Meanwhile, the telecom sector advanced 1.85%, backed by an increase of 10% in Hits Telecom, the financial sector rose 2.8% as Ekttitab Holding leapt 5.6%.
Investors Holding made the biggest trading volume activity with 5.66 million shares, while Human Soft made the highest turnover of BHD 638,000.
