Omani stocks open week in green

Mubasher: The Muscat Securities Market (MSM) ended its first trading session in the week in the green zone.

The benchmark MSM 30 advanced 0.06% or 3.14 points to the level of 5,536.72 points, while the Shariah index shrank 0.63% to 847.79 points.

Trading volume reached 32.8 million shares exchanged through 1,266 trades. Turnover came to OMR 6.57 million ($1.7 million).

The financial and industrial sectors rose 1.29% and 0.33%, while the services declined 0.36%.

Global Financial Investment was the best performing share after adding 7.43%, while Muscat Finance was the worst after falling 6.5%.

Oman Investment and Finance was the most active share with a trading volume of 8.4 million shares exchanged at OMR 1.02 million ($2.65 million).

MSM 30 closed Thursday with a rise of 0.83% or 45.76 points to 5,533.58 points.

Translated by: Elwy el-Manzalawy

Mubasher Contribution Time: 27-Mar-2016 10:13 (GMT)