02/09/2014 01:06 AST
The MSM30 Index closed at 7,355.94 points, down by 0.15 per cent. MSM Sharia Index closed at 1,070.31, down by 0.17 per cent. Bank Muscat was the most active in terms of volume as well as turnover. Al Madina Investment which gained 3.23 per cent was the top gainer while the top loser of the day was Omantel, down by 1.99 per cent.
A total number of 963 trades were executed on Monday's trading session generating turnover of OMR5.44 million with over 12.04 million shares traded.
Out of 51 traded stocks, 17 advanced, eight declined and 26 were unchanged. Omani investors were net sellers for OMR367,000 followed by GCC and Arab investors for OMR3,000 while foreign investors were net buyers for OMR370,000 worth of shares.
Financial Sector Index
Financial Sector Index closed with gains at 8,929.71 points, up by 0.37 per cent. Al Madina Investments, Oman & Emirates, Gulf Investment Services, Al Sharqia Investments and Ahli Bank increased by 3.23 per cent, 2.88 per cent, 2.03 per cent, 1.90 per cent and 1.30 per cent respectively. Bank Sohar and Bank Dhofar declined by 1.04 per cent and 0.79 per cent respectively.
The Industrial Sector Index closed marginally higher at 10,180.67, up by 0.04 per cent. Oman Fisheries, Voltamp Energy, Galfar Engineering and Gulf International Chemicals increased by 2.22 per cent, 1.49 per cent, 0.83 per cent, and 0.44 per cent respectively. Al Hassan Engineering, Al Anwar Ceramics and Al Jazeera Steel declined by 0.84 per cent, 0.70 per cent and 0.65 per cent.
Services Sector Index was up by 0.20 per cent to close at 3,773.60 points.
Sembcorp Salalah, Al Jazeera Services, SMN Power, Al Suwaidi Power and OIFC increased by 2.73 per cent, 2.38 per cent, 2.17 per cent, 0.56 per cent and 0.40 per cent respectively.
Renaissance Services, Sohar Power and Omantel declined by 1.99 per cent, 1.05 per cent and 0.56 per cent respectively.
Times of Oman
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