Tuesday 03 / June / 2025
Muscat: The MSX index closed at 4,565.23 points, up by 0.09% from previous close. The Sharia Index ended up by 0.50% at 447.81 points. Muscat Gases, up 10.00%, was the top gainer while, Barka Water & Power Company, down 10.00%, was the top loser. Shares of Sohar International Bank were the most active in terms of number of shares traded as well as in terms of turnover.
A total number of 2498 trades were executed during the day’s trading session, generating turnover of OMR9.91 million, with more than 60.05 million shares changing hands. Out of 65 traded securities, 26 advanced, 18 declined, and 21 remained unchanged. At the session close, GCC & Arab investors were net sellers for OMR474,000 while domestic investors were net buyers for OMR445,000, followed by foreign investors for OMR29,000 worth of shares.
Financial Index closed at 7,957.61 points, up 0.2%. Prices of Muscat Insurance, Oman United Insurance, Financial Corporation, Global Financial Investments, Muscat Finance were up by 8.11%, 3.56%, 3.33%, 2.02%, 1.89% respectively. Prices of Dhofar Insurance, Al Madina Investments, Oman & Emirates Investment, Oman Arab Bank, Bank Muscat were down by 2.50%, 2.17%, 1.35%, 0.68%, 0.37% respectively.
Industrial Index closed at 6,649.50 points, up 1.28%. Prices of Galfar Engineering, Al Maha Ceramics, Oman Cement, Al Anwar Ceramics, Gulf Mushroom Products were up by 9.09%, 5.23%, 2.87%, 2.53%, 0.45% respectively. Prices of Oman Cables Industry, A’Saffa Foods, Raysut Cement, Voltamp Energy were down by 2.08%, 1.54%, 0.94%, 0.75% respectively.
Services Index was down by 0.37% before closing at 1,619.08 points. Prices of Muscat Gases, OIFC, Al Jazeera Services, National Gas, Ooredoo were up by 10.00%, 6.94%, 4.10%, 2.53%, 2.38% respectively. Prices of Barka Water & Power Company, Shell Oman Marketing, Musandam Power, Abraj Energy, Al Suwadi Power were down by 10.00%, 5.98%, 1.96%, 1.95%, 1.41% respectively.
