Mubasher: The Muscat Securities Market’s (MSM) benchmark index, MSM 30,closed on green zone on Wednesday extending its gains for the third day in row.
MSM 30 went up 0.02% or 1.31 points to close at 5,419.32 points.
Sharia Index edged up 0.01% to close at 863.22 points.
Muscat Securities Market said earlier it will officially close on Thursday, on occasion of Prophet Mohammed's Birthday for the year 1437 Hijri.
Wednesday’s turnover reached OMR 1.68 million, with 5.4 million changed hands through 410 transactions.
The sector of services edged up 0.25%, while both the industrial and the financial sectors went down by 0.07% and 0.01% respectively.
Out of 37 stocks traded today, 9 stocks were advancers, 7 stocks were decliners while 21 stocks remained unchanged.
Tracking stocks performance, Al Jazeira Services came as the top gainer in terms of price as it advanced 3.31%, while Al Sharqiya Investment was the steepest as it fell 3.13%.
Bank Muscat came the most active in terms of trading values and volumes, upon trading 1.62 million stocks worth nearly OMR 749,830.
