KUWAIT, March 4 (KUNA) -- The Commercial Real Estate Company announced on Sunday selling a number of floors in a real estate project in Makkah to an investor in Kuwait at the value of KD 23.5 million.

The company said, on the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) website, that this deal resulted in a total profit of around KD 4.5 million.

The company's stock traded for KD 0.92 per share, rising 5 fills compared to the early trading on Sunday, with 15 million shares traded, worth KD 1.3 million till 11 am.

The Commercial Real Estate Company was founded in 1968 at a capital of KD 183 million, and listed in Kuwait Stock Exchange since 2004. Kuwait Finance House owns a 7 percent stock.