VOL. XXXVI

NO. 1

5-OCTOBER-1992

Financial and Banking News

STOCK MARKETS

Kuwait Reopens Stock Market

The Kuwaiti Stock Exchange reopened on 28 September for the first time sincethe Iraqi invasion forced its closure in August 1990. The Kuwaiti Minister ofCommerce and Industry, Mr. 'Abd Allah Hasan Jar Allah, opened the two-and-a-halfhour daily trading session. Thirty companies, including five non-KuwaitiGulf-based firms, are listed on the stock exchange. Three Kuwaiti banks - Bankof Kuwait and the...