Mubasher: The benchmark index of Muscat Securities Market (MSM) edged up 0.1% or 5.79 points to start Wednesday’s session at 5,766.74 points by 11am Muscat time.
The industrial segment topped the gainers with 0.31%, backed by Oman Cables which rose by 2.68%.
The financial sector also gained 0.1%, endorsed by the 0.42% growth of National Bank of Oman.
Bank Nizwa rose by 1.22%, with value amounting to OMR 2.11 million after nearly 175,390 shares were traded.
MSM’s trading value reached nearly OMR 644,110 after 3.49 million shares were exchanged through 109 transactions.