By KUNA,
Kuwait : The price index at Kuwait Stock Exchange came to new highs Monday and ended the session at a gain of 75.8 points to 14,999 while the weighted index also put on 1.37 points to read 782.09 points.
Deals by end of day came to 11,322 transactions at KD 207,823,075 with 461, 588,000 shares changing hands.
Seven out of eight sector indices were also green with biggest gain of 134.
7 points seen in the services sector, followed by industry and non-Kuwaiti sectors at gains of 125 and 79.9 points, respectively. The only sector in red was insurance.
Aref Energy Holding Company share was the best performing stock at an up of 9.2 percent while biggest loser was share of Kuwait Bahrain International Exchange Company share at a loss of 6.8 percent.
In terms of volume, leading share was that of Ekttitab Holding Company with 35.7 million shares traded.
Top five shares in terms of volume were those of Ekttitab Holding Company, National Ranges Company, Kuwait Real Estate Company, International Resorts Company, and International Investment Projects, at a combined 114.7 million share which is 24.8 percent of the day’s overall volume.