KUWAIT: The Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) closed at the end of trading on pressure from banks and real estate shares

Economy and stock exchange

KUWAIT: Kuwait Stock Exchange [KSE] indexes ended lower on Monday, with five sectors falling.

The general market index decreased by 1.05%, losing 59.5 points to close at 5632.49 points. The index of the first market shed 1.37%, losing 84.33 points to close at 6078.86 points. The benchmark index was down 0.17% losing 8.29 points to close at 4770.46 points.

The deal was closed at 126.7 million shares worth KD 33.3 million through 5,830 transactions.

On the Kuwait Stock Exchange, the sectors headed down by 1.44%, followed by the Industrial sector by 1.06%, followed by Real Estate by 0.89%, Financial Services by 0.81%, Oil & Gas by 0.23% and Basic Materials by 0.0%. The consumer services sector rose by 1.24%, followed by the consumer goods sector [0.36%] and the telecommunications sector [0.12%].

Sinarji topped the list of green listed on the stock exchange with a growth of 16.90%, followed by funds by 10%, livestock by 10%, while Red Centers was down 19.60% and Arjan 9.77% 9.64%

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