Kuwait Stock Exchange Trading Report For June 2003

The index of the Kuwait Stock Exchange reached 3,590.5 points at the end of June 2003, a decrease of 145.7 points from the closing value at the end of June. The weighted index reached 229.61 points at the end of June, a decrease of 8.36 points from the closing value at the end of May.

Volume of trading in June was 5,888,706,000 shares, an increase of 20.59 % over the May volume. The value traded in June was KWD 2,093,424,260 an increase of 38.89 % over the May trading value. There were 137,050 transactions in June, an increase of 34.02 % over the May figure.

The shares of 97 companies were traded in June. In June of the traded companies, 73 increased in price and 24 decreased in price.

The market capitalisation of the exchange at end June was KWD 14,518,281.