Kuwait Market Opens Mixed: Premier Market Slips, Main and All-Share Indices Rise

Kuwait | EcoPulse24

The Kuwait Stock Exchange started the session on Sunday, December 28, 2025, with mixed performance. The Premier Market Index slipped by 0.04%, losing 4.24 points to reach 9,591.51 points in morning trading. Meanwhile, the Main Market Index gained 0.86% (up 70.90 points to 8,347.41), the BK Main 50 rose 0.91% (up 79.13 points to 8,779.42), and the All-Share Index climbed 0.11% (up 10.08 points to 8,988.15).

Trading activity was robust, recording 3,590 transactions, with a traded volume of 54.37 million shares and a value of 17.08 million Kuwaiti dinars. The market capitalization reached 44.30 billion Kuwaiti dinars.

Top gainers included AAYAN (+3.07% to 235 fils), ARZAN (+1.37% to 371 fils), SHIP (+0.95% to 850 fils), IFAHR (+0.75% to 1,072 fils), and MKHZN (+0.68% to 147 fils). Leading decliners were MABANEE (-2.87% to 1,117 fils), NINV (-1.02% to 292 fils), KPROJ (-0.49% to 82 fils), MEZZAN (-0.45% to 1,340 fils), and BURG (-0.44% to 225 fils).

Most actively traded stocks by value were GFH (3.22 million dinars), AAYAN (2.52 million dinars), MABANEE (1.69 million dinars), KFH (1.44 million dinars), and SRE (0.71 million dinars).

Supporting economic indicators showed Kuwait's oil price at $61.40 per barrel, down 0.34%. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose to 137.60 points (+0.22%), and GDP reached 55,985.40 million dinars (+30.91%).

EcoPulse24's analysis reflects a state of caution and anticipation among investors, with liquidity concentrated in a limited number of blue-chip stocks and close attention paid to oil prices and local economic data, which could shape market direction in upcoming sessions.