Kuwait Stock Exchange Trading Report For September 2004

The index of the Kuwait Stock Exchange reached 6,064.6 points at the end of September, an increase of 160.1 points from the closing value at the end of August. The weighted index reached 317.19 points at the end of September, an increase of 3.61 points from the closing value at the end of August.

Volume of trading in September was 2,493,084,000 shares, a decrease of 22.39% over the previous month's volume. The value traded in September was KWD 1,083,892,325 a decrease of 17.23% over the previous month's value. There were 77,812 transactions in September, a decrease of 17.15% over the previous month's number of transactions.

112 companies were traded in September. Of the traded companies, 75 increased in price and 35 decreased in price.

The market capitalisation of the exchange at end September was KWD 19,437,441,000.