Kuwait Stock Exchange Trading Report For 2nd Quarter 2004

The index of the Kuwait Stock Exchange reached 5,455.7 points at the end of June, an increase of 508.1 points from the closing value at the end of the first quarter. The weighted index reached 293.37 points at the end of June, an increase of 3.27 points compared to the previous first quarter.

Volume of trading in the second quarter was 8,210,993,000 shares, a decrease of 19.9% over the previous quarter's volume. The value traded in the second quarter was KWD 3,450,373,255 an increase of 27.18% over the previous quarter's value. There were 257,165 transactions in the second quarter, an increase of 15.34% over the previous quarter's number of transactions.

Of the 113 listed companies, 113 were traded in the second quarter. Of the traded companies, 36 increased in price and 77 decreased in price.

The market capitalisation of the exchange was KWD 18,017,902,000.