Mubasher: The Muscat Securities Market’s (MSM) main index, MSM 30, opened Thursday on a positive note, rising 0.90% or 46.6 points to the level of 5,212 points.
Trading volume reached 8.4 million shares worth OMR 1.35 million after 443 trades were carried out.
The index’s main components moved up collectively, topped by the financial sector with a growth of 1.6%, followed by the industrial and services sectors with an increase of 0.53% and 0.45%, respectively.
Only one share dropped in early trading, while 18 shares moved up and 14 others stood at the same rates.
Oman Fisheries was the best performing share after adding 8.16%, while National Aluminium Products was the worst after losing 0.93%.
MSM 30 closed yesterday in the red zone for the second day in a row due to falls in the financial and industrial sectors.
Translated by: Elwy el-Manzalawy
