Article: Trading Pattern for the month of October 2009

The month of October witnessed a decrease in trading activity in the KSE. KSE observed a 21.4% decrease in trading value and 1.9% decrease in the number of traded shares on the back of a mild correction that occurred during the final week of October. Single day trading value in October reached as high as KD91.1mn and trading volume reaching as high as 448.8mn shares on October 7th, 2009. On a month to month basis, value traded decreased 21.4% in October to reach KD1,121mn from KD1,426mn witnessed in September. Investors completed 119,814 transactions as opposed to 105,223 in September, a 13.9% increase. The number of shares traded decreased 1.9% to reach 5.7bn shares.

Trading by Investor ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!