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Briefing of KUNA main news for Thursday until 12:00 GMT

KUWAIT -- Price of Kuwaiti oil went down 67 cents to USD 48.63 per barrel (pb) Wednesday after being at USD 49.30 pb the day before, says Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC).

KUWAIT -- Boursa Kuwait, formerly known as Kuwait Stock Exchange, ended Thursday trading with the benchmark going up by 1.75 points to read 6,825.7 points.

KUWAIT -- Rate of the US Dollar was stable at KD 0.301, while the Euro went up to KD 0.357 compared to yesterday's figures, says the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK).

VIENNA -- OPEC daily basket price was up 14 cents to stand at USD 49.73 per barrel (pb) on Wednesday, compared with USD 49.59 pb last Tuesday, says the organization.
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