Kuwait-Mubasher: The price index of Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) edged up 0.05% or 2.92 points to reach 5,369.06 points by 11 am Kuwait time on Tuesday. Similarly, both the weighted and Kuwait-15 indices were up by 0.52% and 0.83% respectively.
KSE’s trading value reached KWD 3.6 million as 50 million shares were traded through 700 transactions.
The basic materials sector topped the gainers by 2.37%, while the financial services led the decliners by 0.09%.
Kout Food was the top winner by 7.7%, while Sultan Center headed the losers by 8.8%.
Al Salam was the most active stock on which 13.8 million shares were exchanged at a value of about 582,800. The stock levelled up by 1.2%.
Burgan Bank recorded the highest liquidity which stood at 1.43 million, after 4.46 million shares were traded. The stock reached 320 fils.
