Mubasher: The Muscat Securities Market (MSM) closed Thursday on a positive note, as the benchmark MSM 30 rose 0.35% or 18.57 points to 5,326.67 points.
The Shariah index also leapt 0.82% or 6.82 points to the level of 834.58 points.
Trading volume reached 21.98 million shares through 1,051 trades worth OMR 5 million ($12.98 million).
The services, financial and industrial sectors increased collectively by 0.54%, 0.50% and 0.30% respectively.
Oman Investment and Finance topped gainers by adding 3.54%, while Muscat bank was the worst performing share as if fell 5.13% to OMR 0.368 ($0.96), the lowest level since 2011.
Nizwa Bank made the biggest trading volume activity with 4.42 million traded shares, while Muscat Bank was the most active share in terms of value with a liquidity of OMR 1.1 million ($2.85 million).
MSM 30 rose yesterday by 0.23% or 12.22 points to the level of 5,308.1 points.
Translated by: Elwy el-Manzalawy
