Kuwait- Acting Premier Sheikh Sabah Khaled hosts CMA Chairman

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT, Oct 2 (KUNA) -- Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received, Monday at Seif Palace, Chairman of Capital Markets Authority (CMA) and the Board of Commissioners, Managing Director Dr. Nayef Falah Al-Hajraf, and CMA board members.

The acting premier also hosted Boursa Kuwait Board of Directors' members on the occasion of classifying Boursa Kuwait -- formerly named as Kuwait Stock Exchange -- as an emerging market by FTSE Russell.

The meeting was attended by Minister of Commerce and Industry and Acting Ministry of State for Youth Affairs Khaled Nasser Al-Rawdan.

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