Kuwait Stock Exchange Trading Report For 2nd Quarter 2005

The index of the Kuwait Stock Exchange reached 8,811.3 points at the end of June, an increase of 942.2 points from the closing value at the end of the first quarter. The weighted index reached 452.98 points at the end of June, an increase of 43.88 points compared to the previous first quarter.

Volume of trading in the second quarter was 13,240,753,500 shares, an increase of 36.8% over the previous quarter's volume. The value traded in the second quarter was KWD 7,665,494,410 an increase of 54% over the previous quarter's value. There were 518,726 transactions in the second quarter, an increase of 71% over the previous quarter's number of transactions.

147 companies were traded in the second quarter. Of the traded companies, 87 increased in price and 60 decreased in price.

The market capitalisation of the exchange was KWD 26,885,959,000.