The main index of Muscat Securities Market (MSM) rose 81 points in the first half of 2015 despite the wave of declines it witnessed in several weeks, coupled with poor market-oriented liquidity, regional and international financial and political crisis.

The index closed at the end of June trading at 6424 points, an increase of 2.1 percent.

However, the volume of trading fell by 85 percent to RO 707.3 million compared to about RO 1.3 billion in the corresponding period last year.