Kuwait Stock exchange (KSE) opened trading early on Monday at 9:32 a.m. on a mixed board with the weighted index reading 423.78 points, with a minor loss of 0.34 points, the price index went up gaining 4.73 points, reaching the level of 6,018.89 points. The KSX 15 index, which reflects trading in blue-chips, read 1,027.12 dropping 1.82 points. Number of trades amounted to 769, worth KD 4,531,933.745, and volume of exchanged stocks stood at 42,756,974.