Mubasher: The Muscat Securities Market (MSM) closed Tuesday in the red zone, as the benchmark MSM 30 dipped 0.12% or 6.5 points to the level of 5,430.41 points and the Sharia Index plummeted 0.1% or 0.87 point to 838.19 points.
Trading volume came to 12.67 million shares through executing 765 transactions worth OMR 2.26 million.
The services and industrial sectors grew 0.48% and 0.01% respectively, while the financial sector slipped 0.25%.
Renaissance Services was the best performing share after advancing 6.34%, while Al Hassan Engineering topped decliners with a 2.86% decrease.
Galfar Engineering was the most active in terms of trading with 3.92 million shares, whereas Al Hassan Engineering made the highest liquidity with OMR 363,000.
The benchmark MSM 30 reached the level of 5,436.91 points after rising 0.46% or 24.63 points.
Translated by: Elwy el-Manzalawy