Kuwait Stock Exchange Trading Report For January 2003

The index of the Kuwait Stock Exchange reached 2,498.1 points at the end of January 2003, an increase of 122.8 points from the closing value at the end of December 2002. The weighted index reached 175.44 points at the end of January, an increase of 3.42 points from the closing value at the end of December.

Volume of trading in January was 3,819,822,500 shares, an increase of 23.32 % over the December volume. The value traded in January was KWD 960,766,790 an increase of 12.81 % over the December trading value. There were 70,277 transactions in January, an increase of 22.61 % over the December figure.

There were 96 listed companies at end January. The shares of 92 companies were traded in January. In January of the traded companies, 74 increased in price, 16 decreased in price and 2 companies maintained the same price.

The market capitalisation of the exchange at end January was KWD 10,994,498.