Mubasher: The financial sector drove the Muscat Securities Market (MSM) to the red zone in Monday’s early trading, as the main index, MSM 30, declined by 0.11% or 6.08 points to the level of 5,429.88 points.
Trading volume came to 5.3 million shares exchanged through 159 trades worth OMR 1.59 million.
The financial sector fell alone by 0.29%, while industrial and services sectors stood at the same rates.
Early trading saw 22 shares, six of them dropped and the 16 remaining were flat.
Sohar Power plummeted 1.87%, followed by Global Financial Investment and Bank Nizwa with 1.79% and 1.39% declines, respectively.
MSM 30 closed Sunday at the level of 5,435.96 points after rising 0.31% or 16.63 points.
