By KUNA
Kuwait : The price index at Kuwait Stock Exchange made up for losses earlier in the day and even put on an additional 75.5 points by closing Wednesday, registering 13,336 points.
The weighted index meanwhile came up 1.99 points to read 761.02 points.
Volume for the day was 387,793,000 shares traded in 9,932 transactions worth KD 190,306,985.
All sector indices but real estate were up as well, with biggest gain of 145.9 points seen in the non-Kuwaitis sector.
Leading share for the day was Eyas for Higher and Technical Education, at an up of 8.3 percent, while biggest loser was share of The Public Warehousing Company (Agility) at a slip of 7.1 percent.
In terms of volume, top share was Ekttitab Holding Company, with trading of 56.9 million shares.
The top five shares in terms of volume today, Ekttitab Holding Company, Al-Safwa Group Company, Abraj Holding Company, Pearl Of Kuwait Real Estate Company, and Al-Safat Investment Company, saw trading of 153.6 million shares, at 39.6 percent of the day’s overall volume.
The index had ended Thursday’s session up 21.4 points to reach 13,260.5 points while the weighted index slipped 0.07 points to settle at 759.03 points.