Kuwait Stock Exchange Trading Report For October 2004

The index of the Kuwait Stock Exchange reached 6,127.8 points at the end of October, an increase of 63.2 points from the closing value at the end of September. The weighted index reached 319.79 points at the end of October, an increase of 2.6 points from the closing value at the end of September.

Volume of trading in October was 2,407,353,500 shares, a decrease of 3.43% over the previous month's volume. The value traded in October was KWD 1,192,018,455 an increase of 9.97% over the previous month's value. There were 82,812 transactions in October, an increase of 6.42% over the previous month's number of transactions.

113 companies were traded in October. Of the traded companies, 51 increased in price and 62 decreased in price.

The market capitalisation of the exchange at end October was KWD 19,427,736,000.