Muscat: The Muscat Stock Exchange "MSX 30" index closed today at 7,152.35 points, marking a significant drop of 254.7 points, or 3.44 percent, compared to the previous session's close of 7,407.09 points.

According to Oman News Agency, the trading value registered a decline, standing at RO 18,399,807, which represents a 25.3 percent decrease from the RO 24,644,802 recorded in the last session. The market capitalization also experienced a reduction, decreasing by 1.499 percent to approximately RO 37.32 billion from the previous trading day.

Non-Omani investors made purchases worth RO 4.457 million, accounting for 24.22 percent of the total trading value. However, their sales amounted to RO 5.439 million, or 29.56 percent, resulting in a net decline in non-Omani investment by RO 983 thousand, or 5.34 percent.