The main index of the Muscat Securities Market (MSM) ended this week with a 0.74% decline, losing 41.73 points, and closing at 5,571.62 points.
The benchmark index MSM30 was dragged down by the losses of the services and industry sectors, as the first lost 1.21%, while the later went down 0.99%, on the other hand, only the financial sector saw a positive performance this week as it saw marginal gains of 0.06%.
Financial Services led the declining stocks this week as it dropped 54.55%, through five transactions, while Dhofar Cattle Feed and Oman ORIX Leasing decreased by 10.19% and 9.23% respectively.
On the other hand, Muscat Thread Mills led the gainers and surged 10%, while Oman Flour Mills and HSBC rose by 5.63% and 2.33% respectively.
Traded volumes decreased by 33.17% to 69.18 million shares down from 103.46 million shares in the previous week, while readed values declined 29.22% to OMR 13.84 million compared to OMR 19.55 million in the week before.
The Omani market capital lost 0.39% to OMR 17.63 billion.
