Kuwait-Mubasher: Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) saw a negative performance in Sunday’s early trades.

The price index fell 0.8% to reach 5,353.37 points by 9:17am Kuwait time.

KSE’s weighted index retreated 0.95% to 354.28 points, while Kuwait-15 index declined 1.11% to 357.67 points.

Turnover reached KWD 3.2 million after trading 51.4 million shares through 787 transactions.

The consumer goods topped gainers after adding 0.52%, while the financial services sector was the worst performer after falling 1.55%.

Heavy Engineering Industries and Shipbuilding was the top gainer with a 6.33% increase, while National Investments led losers after declining 8.9%.

Hits Telecom was the value leader and most active stock after generating 9.3 million shares from the exchange of KWD 373,000.