Kuwait – Mubasher: Boursa Kuwait’s indices commenced Thursday, the last trading session of the week, with a varying performance.
The price index edged up 0.04% or 3.01 points to 7,062.31 points, while the weighted and Kuwait-15 indices slipped 0.15% and 0.26%, respectively.
By 09:50am Kuwait time, six sectors were in the red, led by financial services with 0.40%, pressured by Manazel Holding’s 5% drop.
On the other hand, four sectors rose, with industrials adding 0.17% backed by Kuwait Building Materials Manufacturing, which led gainers and surged 7.94%.
The real estate sector increased 0.11%, backed by eight stocks, including Injazzat with 2.35%.
Turnover reached KWD 14.05 million after 210.98 million shares changed hands through 3,200 transactions.
Manazel Holding’s stock was the most active in terms of volume with 49.7 million shares traded, while Al Imtiaz, up 1.11%, was the value leader with KWD 3.1 million.
