KSE ends trading on modest gains, most sectors in red

The price index of Kuwait Stock Exchange ended Tuesday trading at 6,378.2 points, an up of 3.7 points, while the weighted index came to 443.69 points, a gain of 2.47 points. The session saw 2,657 spot transactions worth KD 28,540,590, with 129,512, 500 shares changing hands. As for sector indices, trading ended on a mostly red board with banking and services the only green indices with ups of 149.9 points and 33.1 points. Biggest losses were seen in the investment, non-Kuwaiti companies, and food indices, down 19.6, 16.5, and 10.9 points respectively. Gainer share for the day was Ekttitab Holding, biggest loser was Inovest, while top volume share was Al-Safwa Group.