KUWAIT, May 23 (KUNA) -- Trading started at Kuwait Stock Exchange on red boards on Wednesday and at 9:30 a.m., the KSX 15 index came to 974.61 points, a down of 4.94 points, while the weighted index came to 409.89 points, also a slip of 1.66, and the price index came to 6,361.32points, a drop of 19.69 points.

Trades came to 531 deals, worth KD 2,433,713.486 and involving 32,751,202 shares.