On 16 December 2010, the Kuwait Stock Exchange announced plans to launch a new index, called "Kuwait 15”, in addition to the current Price and Weighted Indices. With this, the Kuwait stock market will have three indexes. The constituents of the new "Kuwait 15' index would be calculated based on both market value and value traded and would include top 15 companies listed on the KSE from across the sectors and is expected to start in November 2011