Muscat: Muscat Stock Exchange "MSX 30" index closed at 8,360.87 points today, down by 8.6 points, or 0.10 percent, from the previous session's close of 8,369.48 points. Trading value fell to RO 77,512,786, a decrease of 12.4 percent from RO 88,510,079 recorded in the last session, according to the MSX's report.

According to Oman News Agency, market capitalization experienced a slight increase of 0.018 percent from the previous trading day to approximately RO 38.44 billion. Non-Omani investors recorded purchases worth RO 7,610,000, accounting for 9.82 percent of total trading value, while sales reached RO 7,391,000, or 9.54 percent. Net non-Omani investment consequently edged up by RO 218,000, or 0.28 percent.