Kuwaiti indices fall collectively in early trade

Kuwait – Mubasher: Boursa Kuwait opened Thursday’s session in red as its indices declined collectively.

The benchmark EGX30 index shrank 0.22% or 16.40 points to the level of 7,026.70 points, as the weighted and Kuwait-15 indices dropped 0.60% and 0.82%, respectively.

The consumer services sector fell 0.92% due to a decrease of 4.63% in Livestock Transport and Trading and 1.10% in Dana Al Safat.

Meanwhile, the industrial sector solely rose by 0.47%, backed by an increase of 3.3% in Specialities Group Holding.

MARAKEZ topped gainers after adding 5.26%, whereas National Cleaning topped losers after falling 17.65%.

Trading volume reached 96.72 million shares exchanged at KWD 9.7 million through 1,900 transactions.

Gulf Petroleum Investment was the largest traded stock with a volume of 18.1 million shares, while Real Estate Asset Management made the highest turnover of KWD 3.12 million.

Mubasher Contribution Time: 13-Apr-2017 07:30 (GMT)
Mubasher Last Update Time: 13-Apr-2017 07:32 (GMT)