Mubasher: The benchmark MSM 30 index of the Muscat Securities Market fell in Tuesday’s mid trading by 0.27% or 14.48 points to the level of 5,443.97 points.
By 11:38am Muscat time, trading volume reached 4.65 million shares exchanged at OMR 1.23 million through 181 transactions.
The financial sector dropped 0.22%, pressured by the decline in Al Anwar Holdings and Bank Dhofar by 1.82% and 0.92% respectively.
The services sector shrank 0.1% as Port Services Corp slid 2.02% and Omantel slipped 0.68%.
The industrial sector decreased 0.07%, dragged by a 2.11% fall in Galfar Engineering, the worst performing stock, while Construction Material Industry led gainers by adding 3.45%.
