The Kuwait Stock Exchange closed its trading session today, Tuesday, with its general index declining by 8.06 points, a decrease of 0.10 percent, reaching a level of 8165.15 points.

A total of 500.8 million shares were traded through 18,876 cash transactions, with a value of 158.2 million Kuwaiti dinars (approximately 487.2 million US dollars).

The Main Market Index decreased by 4.99 points, a decline of 0.07 percent, reaching a level of 7408.18 points, with 313.8 million shares traded through 9,785 cash transactions, valued at 102.18 million dinars (approximately 314.7 million US dollars).

The Premier Market Index also declined by 9.23 points, a decrease of 0.11 percent, reaching a level of 8757.81 points, with 187 million shares traded through 9,091 transactions, valued at 56 million dinars (approximately 172.4 million US dollars).

In parallel, the (Main 50) Index decreased by 8.88 points, a decline of 0.12 percent, reaching a level of 7465.84 points, with 282.11 million shares traded through 8,222 cash transactions, valued at 99 million dinars (approximately 304.9 million US dollars).

The companies (Mudar), (KAMCO), (Warba Capital), and (Tamdeen A) were the top gainers, while the companies (National Investments), (Al-Tijari), (UPAC), and (Threya) were the top decliners.