Oman- MSM inches up on stock-specific buying 

(MENAFN - Muscat Daily) Concerns over the eurozone continued to impact investor sentiment even as lack of market catalysts pulled down most of the regional markets.The Muscat Securities Market edged up 0.14 per cent as stock-specific buying supported the general index, which closed at 5,563.25.Trading activity declined from Monday as a total of 928 trades were executed generating a turnover of RO3.64mn, while 15.56mn shares were exchanged over the counters. Al Omaniya Financial Services, unchanged at 310bz, closed with highest turnover and volumes for the day.Market breadth was in favour of advancers as of the 52 securities trades, 14 advanced, 11 declined and 27 closed unchanged.The top gainers were Al Jazeira Services (2.01 per cent at 305bz), Al Anwar Ceramic Tiles (1.85 per cent at 385bz), Transgulf Holding (1.19 per cent at 85bz), ONIC Holding (1.13 per cent at 269bz) and Sohar Power (0.92 per cent at RO1.43) while the top losers for the day were Global Financial Investment (-2.25 per cent at 87bz), Gulf Investment Services (-1.15 per cent at 86bz), Oman Fisheries(-0.94 per cent at 106bz), Oman & Emirates (-0.90 per cent at 110bz) and Renaissance Services (-0.58 per cent at 517bz).Among the sectoral indices, the Financial index inched up 0.11 per cent followed by the Industrial index with gains of 0.30 per cent, while the Services index fell 0.04 per cent at the end of the day.By arrangement with National Bank of Oman