Kuwait Stock exchange (KSE) opened trading early on Thursday at 9:15 a.m. on a mixed board with the weighted index reading 430. 29 points, with a minor gain of 0.16 points, the price index went down shedding 1.68 points, reaching the level of 6,126.43 points. The KSX 15 index, which reflects trading in blue-chips, read 1,042.82, rising by 0.72 points. Number of trades amounted to 558, worth KD 1,820,941.041, and volume of exchanged stocks stood at 36,931,991.