Kuwait – Mubasher: The Kuwait Stock Exchange’s (KSE) indices rose for the second day in a row as the price index closed Tuesday’s session with a growth of 0.17% or 9 points to the level of 5,375.21 points.
The weighted and Kuwait-15 indices leapt by 1% and 1.5% respectively.
Turnover increased 16.9% to KWD 11.7 million from KWD 10.01 million on Monday, trading volume also rose 12.3% to 123.92 million from 110.35 million shares exchanged yesterday.
The basic materials sector was the best performer after adding 2.08%, followed by the banks sector with a growth of 1.13% as Burgan Bank and NBK rose by 4.7% and 3.4% respectively.
Meanwhile, the consumer goods, technology and real estate sectors closed in red.
Al Kout Industrial Projects topped gainers after leaping 7.7%, whereas Ajwan Gulf Real Estate led decliners after dropping 7.7%.
Al Salam Group Holding was the largest-traded stock with a volume of 23.33 million shares, while Burgan Bank made the highest liquidity of KWD 2.66 million.
