The price index of Kuwait Stock Exchange started the week on a shy gain only to change course and slip into a red of 6,425.7 points, a drop of 16.8 points, by 11:29 a.m., with the weighted index sliding down to 456.22 points, a down of 4.16 points. Trades came to 20,561 transactions, worth KD 41,931,400, with 143,185,000 shares changing hands till that time. From : Kuwait News agency