Muscat: Muscat Stock Exchange "MSX 30" index closed at 8,119.93 points today, down 39.4 points, or 0.48 percent, from the previous session's close of 8,159.33 points.

According to Oman News Agency, the trading value fell to RO 53,295,293, marking a decrease of 18.3 percent from RO 65,208,733 recorded in the last session.

Market capitalisation declined by 0.151 percent from the previous trading day to approximately RO 38.02 billion. Non-Omani investors recorded purchases worth RO 5,115,000, accounting for 9.60 percent of the total trading value, while sales reached RO 5,846,000, or 10.97 percent. Consequently, net non-Omani investment edged down by RO 731,000, or 1.37 percent.