Kuwait Stock Exchange Trading Report For November 2005

The index of the Kuwait Stock Exchange reached 11,869.1 points at the end of November, an increase of 398.5 points from the closing value at the end of October. The weighted index reached 587.56 points at the end of November, an increase of 33.06 points from the closing value at the end of October.

Volume of trading in November was 5,696,674,000 shares, a decrease of 2% over the previous month's volume. The value traded in November was KWD 3,398,996,340 an increase of 12.05% over the previous month's value. There were 242,112 transactions in November, an increase of 14.7 % over the previous month's number of transactions.

154 companies were traded in November. Of the traded companies, 119 increased in price and 35 decreased in price.

The market capitalisation of the exchange at end November was KWD 37,405,510,000.