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Boursa Kuwait’s main index hits 15-month high

Boursa Kuwait’s main index hits 15-month high
The technology sector topped 10 gainers (Photo Credit: Arabianeye-Reuters)

Kuwait – Mubasher: The indices of Boursa Kuwait ended Sunday’s trading session in the green zone

The price index gained 1.9% or 115.15 points to close at 6,222.83 points; the highest level in 15 months.

The weighted index gained 1.67% to approach the 400-point level, and Kuwait-15 rose by 2% to close at 926.41 points.

The market witnessed the most active performance since the end of 2014; turnover reached KWD 53.54 million, after 736.16 million shares were exchanged through 11,663 transactions.

The technology sector topped 10 gainers with 5.2%, followed by the oil and gas segment which rose by 3.15%.

The banks segment levelled up by 1.2% in line with the growth of nine shares topped by NBK which gained 3%.

Both the healthcare and insurance sectors were the only decliners with a fall of 0.61% and 0.4% respectively.

Abyaar was the most active stock on which 52.71 million shares were traded. The stock levelled up by 3.77%.

KFH recorded the highest trading value that stood at KWD 5.9 million.