Muscat Securities Market

Muscat Securities Market is the principal stock exchange of Oman. It is located in Muscat and it was founded in 1988. Its name is abbreviated to MSM.

Operations

MSM-30 stock index

The principal stock index at the MSM is the MSM-30. The MSM-30 (also known as the Muscat Securities Market Index) was established in 1992. The composition of the index by sector is as follows:

* Banks & Investment Sector: 10 companies
* Industry Sector: 10 companies
* Service & Insurance Sector: 10 companies.

Index List

As of April 2007:

Banks and Investment Sector

1. National Bank of Oman
2. Ominvest
3. Onic. Holdings
4. Oman International Bank
5. Bank Muscat
6. Dhofar International Development
7. Oman Emirates (OM)
8. Bank Dhofar
9. Transgulf Holding
10. Gulf Investment Services

Industry Sector

1. Oman Cement
2. Raysut Cement
3. Oman Chlorine
4. Oman Flour Mills
5. Oman Textile Holding
6. Al Khaleej Polypropylene
7. Al Hassan Engineering
8. Majan Glass
9. Al Anwar Ceramic
10. Oman Cable Industry

Services Sector

1. Shell Oman Marketing
2. Port Service Corporation
3. Al Jazeira Services
4. Renaissance Services
5. AES Barka
6. Maha Petroleum
7. Omantel
8. Majan College
9. Dhofar Power
10. Oman Oil Marketing