MSM closes in red zone

Mubasher: Muscat Securities Market (MSM) saw a downward trend on Monday, falling 0.19% or 10.26 points to reach 5,297.73 points.

Shariah index fell 0.19% or 1.57 points to reach 823.5 points.

The market saw trading of 11.24 million shares through 737 transactions, with turnover of OMR 2.56 million.

The industrial sector declined 0.45%, followed by the services and financial sectors at 0.32% and 0.25%, respectively.

Al Hassan Engineering topped losers with a 6.15% decrease, while United Finance was the best performer after adding 2.14%.

Bank Nizwa was the most active company after trading 1.57 million shares, while Bank Muscat was the value leader after generating OMR 444,700.

Mubasher Contribution Time: 14-Mar-2016 09:51 (GMT)