Mubasher: The benchmark MSM 30 of the Muscat Securities Market ended Wednesday’s session falling by 0.39% or 22.45 points to the level of 5,726.16 points.
The fall was due to the decline in most blue chips as Renaissance Services topped the red list with a fall of 3.36%, Ominvest slid 2.17% and Bank Dhofar retreated 2.16%.
Trading volume decreased to 12.49 million shares from 150.89 million shares exchanged on Tuesday, turnover also shrank to OMR 3.05 million from OMR 19.45 million.
The financial sector dropped 0.39%, dragged by a 1.24% in National Bank of Oman, while Ahli Bank led gainers by adding 2.11%. HSBC Oman was the largest-traded stock with a volume of 1.9 million shares.
The services sector fell 0.37% as Ooredoo Oman shrank 1.13%. The stock made the highest liquidity of OMR 629,940.
The industrial sector declined 0.05% as Oman Fisheries declined 1.56%.
