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Kuwait's bourse performance mixed

KUWAIT, Aug 6 (KUNA) -- Main indices of Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) settled in mixed boards at end of Wednesday's session, with the weighted index reading 484.37, with a slight loss of 0.54 points.
However, the price index turned up to level of 7,172.45, gaining 5.66 points, contrary to the third main index, the KSX 15, which went down, posting a margin loss of 1.18 points.
The Kuwait 15 index reflects trading in blue-chips at the national bourse.
Meanwhile, number of trades amounted to 3,524, value of traded shares reached KD 14,822,340.527 and volume of the exchanged stocks 123,409,247.
Top gainers were TAHSSILAT, REAM, ACICO, HCC and SAFRE, while the number-one losers were PEARL, AMAR, GGMC, CBK and UPAC. As to top volume stock, the list includes SENERGY, GFH, ALMADINA, GPI and SAFIRE. (end) rk