Boursa Kuwait
Boursa Kuwait, formerly the Kuwait Stock Exchange, is the national stock market of Kuwait.History
Although several share holding companies existed in Kuwait prior to the creation of the Kuwait Stock Exchange, it was not until October 1962 that a law was passed to organize the country's stock market. In April 1977, the stock exchange was initiated and it was named as the Kuwait Stock Exchange in 1983.
The stock market in Kuwait is regulated by four bodies: the KSE, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Kuwait. The KSE is also among the first and largest stock exchanges in the Persian Gulf region.
Its name changed to Boursa Kuwait in 2016.
Boursa Kuwait is a member of the Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges.
