A total of 2,374 trades were executed for the day generating a turnover of RO13.58mn while 51.40mn shares were exchanged over the counters. Market breadth stood in favour of advancers as of the 54 securities traded for the day 20 advanced while eight declined and 26 stocks stood unchanged.
The top gainers for the day were Sweets of Oman (+5.14 per cent at 900bz), National Finance (+3.17 per cent at 163bz), Gulf Investment Services (+2.50 per cent at 205bz), Voltamp Energy (+2.33 per cent at 440bz) and Oman and Emirates Investment (+2.08 per cent at 196bz) while the top losers
for the day were Oman Education & Training (-1.49 per cent at 198bz), Oman Flour Mills (-1.25 per cent at 632bz), Bank Nizwa (-0.94 per cent at 106bz), HSBC Bank Oman (-0.56 per cent at 177bz) and Ahlibank (-0.50 per cent at 199bz).
Among the sectoral indices, the Financial sector index traded unchanged at the session closing with no minimal changes from constituents.
The Industrial sector index edged higher by 0.18 per cent with gains from Oman Cables (+0.25 per cent at RO2.0) while the Services sector index closed higher by 0.27 per cent.
© Muscat Daily 2013
