The Kuwait Stock Exchange closed its trading session today, Sunday, with its general index rising by 39.73 points, an increase of 0.49%, reaching a level of 8,140.92 points. A total of 315.9 million shares were traded through 16,787 cash transactions, with a value of 90.6 million dinars (approximately 279 million dollars).
The Main Market Index rose by 48.97 points, an increase of 0.67%, reaching a level of 7,383.82 points, with 194.4 million shares traded through 9,151 cash transactions, amounting to 45.2 million dinars (approximately 139.2 million dollars). Similarly, the Premier Market Index increased by 39.35 points, a rise of 0.45%, reaching 8,732.41 points, with 121.5 million shares traded through 7,636 transactions, totaling 45.4 million dinars (approximately 139.8 million dollars).
In parallel, the (Main 50) Index rose by 60.60 points, an increase of 0.82%, reaching 7,446.90 points, with 170.4 million shares traded through 7,165 cash transactions, amounting to 41.3 million dinars (approximately 127.2 million dollars).
The companies (Al-Sour), (First Fuel), (Wataniya D Q), and (M Business) were the top gainers, while (Al-Anaam Systems), (Hotels), (First Takaful), and (ASIKO) were the top decliners.