Muscat: Muscat Stock Exchange "MSX 30" index today closed at 7,165.20 points, up 47.8 points, or 0.67 percent, from the previous session's close of 7,117.20 points. Trading value stood at RO 45,918,886, representing a drop of 23.6 percent from RO 60,109,653 recorded in the last session, according to the MSX's report.

According to Oman News Agency, market capitalization increased by 0.309 percent from the previous trading day to approximately RO 37.29 billion. Non-Omani investors recorded purchases worth RO 5.004 million, accounting for 10.90 percent of total trading value, while sales reached RO 4.281 million, or 9.32 percent. Net non-Omani investment consequently increased by RO 723 thousand, or 1.58 percent.