Mubasher: The Muscat Securities Market (MSM) was down in the week ended 18 August, after the general index slipped 0.04% or 2.28 points to close at 5,894.46 points.
Market value grew by OMR 16 million to close at OMR 17.299 billion compared to OMR 17.283 billion in the week ended 11 August.
The Sharia index added 0.86% and closed at 900.45 points, from 892.76 points last week.
The industrial sector increased 1.06%, whereas the financial and services sectors shed 0.50% and 0.88%, respectively.
Traded volume grew 10.38% week-on-week to 82.95 million shares traded from 75.15 million, while turnover surged 39.32% to OMR 18.71 million from OMR 13.43 million the week before.
Oman Education topped gainers, rising 9.88% followed by Raysut Cement with 7.29%.
On the flipside, Renaissance Services was the worst performer, losing 6.38% followed by Sohar Bank and Al Batinah Development fell 5.59% and 3.03%, respectively.
