Kuwait Stock Exchange Trading Report First Half 2004

The index of the Kuwait Stock Exchange reached 5,455.7 points at the end of June, an increase of 665.5 points from the closing value at the end of 2003. The weighted index reached 293.37 points at the end of June, an increase of 2.03 points compared to the previous semi-annual value.

Volume of trading in the first half of 2004 was 18,462,327,500 shares, a decrease of 26.37% since the end of 2003. The value traded in the first half of 2004 was KWD 8,188,879,956 a decrease of 6.90% since the end of 2003. There were 560,928 transactions in the first half of 2004, a decrease of 2.48% since the end of 2003.

Of the 113 listed companies, 113 were traded in the first half of 2004. Of the traded companies, 85 increased in price and 26 decreased in price.

The market capitalisation of the exchange was KWD 19,125,775,000.