Kuwait's KSE Price or Market Index closed at 6,640.6 points. Encouraging news from the labour market sent the northern gulf state's market higher. According to Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Mohammad Al-Afasi said on Saturday that Kuwait has been lifted from a special list made by the International Labour Organization (ILO) regarding countries' weak commitment to implementing international labour laws, Arab Times reported. Unemployment among Kuwaiti nationals has been reduced to 3.61%, the newspaper reports.