Kuwait-Mubasher: The price index of the Kuwaiti bourse fell by 0.40% or 21.8 points to close at 5,412.14 points on Wednesday.
The weighted index retreated by 0.20% to 353.21 points, while Kuwait-15 index closed unchanged at 810 points.
The basic materials sector led nine decliners by 1.9%, dragged by both Boubyan Petrochemical and Al Qurain which fell by 5.45% and 0.94% respectively.
Today’s liquidity increased by 6.6% to KWD 8.45 million, while the trading volume grew 21.6% to 89 million shares.
Napesco was the top winner by gaining 7.35% to close at 730 fils, after about 3,300 shares were traded at a value of nearly KWD 2,400.
National Investments was the most active stock on which 11.9 million shares were traded.
NBK posted the highest trading value which exceeded KWD 1.7 million.
