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TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2016
MARKET OMAN STOCKS
MUSCAT SECURITIES MARKET
INDICES Index .................................................High .................Low..................... Value ............... Prev . Value.......... Diff ...............Diff % MSM30 Index ........................................5,399.39 ...............5,381.03 ....................5,395.11 ...................5,383.56.................. 11.55 ................... 0.21 Financial Index .....................................6,671.62 .............. 6,644.98 ....................6,658.16 ...................6,648.08..................10.08 ................... 0.15 Industrial Index ....................................6,614.93 ...............6,607.58 ....................6,614.76 ...................6,604.95.................... 9.81 ................... 0.15 Services Index .......................................3,056.76 ...............3,054.11 ....................3,056.41 ...................3,055.22.....................1.19 ...................0.04 MSM SHARIAH INDEX....................... 837.16 ..................835.26 .......................835.46 ...................... 836.48.................. -1.02 .................. -0.12 Trading Summary Volume ................Turnover ..........Trades .............. Market Cap............. Up............Down ............. Equal .........Sec. Traded 16,822,936 .................3,298,264 ..................1,124 ............... 16,392,676,081 ................ 10 ......................12 .................... 25 .........................47
SHARE PRICE BULLETIN FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29 ISIN ......................................SECURITY NAME ..................................................................VOLUME..... TURNOVER............TRADES ......OPEN PRICE......HIGH ............. LOW ........ CLOSE PR. ...PREV. CLOSE...DIFF (RO).........DIFF % .............LAST PR.....LAST BID .............LAST OFFER ........MARKET CAP.PAR VALUE
REGULAR MARKET ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... – Times file picture
MSM index ends higher
OM0000004768 ...........AL MADINA TAKAFUL............................................. 1,614,774 .......120,843....................111 ........... 0.076 ........... 0.076 ...........0.073........... 0.075 .............0.072 ........... 0.003............. 4.167 ................0.074..............0.073...................0.074...................13,125,000 .........0.100 OM0000002200 ...........AHLI BANK ......................................................................60,100 .............10,653........................6 ............0.175 ........... 0.180 ...........0.175 ............0.177 ............. 0.170............ 0.007............. 4.118 ................0.180.............. 0.165...................0.180..................252,231,397........0.100 OM0000003125 ............GLOBAL FINANCIAL INVESTMENT ..................26,098 ...............3,254........................4 ............0.123 ........... 0.125 ...........0.123 ............0.125 ............. 0.121............ 0.004............. 3.306 ................0.125 ..............0.124...................0.125...................25,000,000 ........0.100 OM0000003521 ............GALFAR ENGINEERING AND CON. .................. 1,277,322 ........ 77,044..................... 68 ........... 0.060 ........... 0.061 ...........0.060........... 0.060 .............0.059 ............0.001 ............. 1.695 ................0.060..............0.060...................0.061................... 17,398,838 .........0.100 OM0000005005 ...........ALMAHA CERAMICS ..................................................72,298 .............29,716...................105 ........... 0.408 ........... 0.414 ...........0.408........... 0.412 .............0.408 ........... 0.004.............0.980 ................0.414 ..............0.412...................0.414...................21,630,000.........0.100 OM0000001483............NATIONAL BANK OF OMAN ................................. 1,010,407 ...... 267,645..................... 48 ........... 0.263 ...........0.266 ...........0.263........... 0.265 .............0.263 ........... 0.002............. 0.760 ................0.265..............0.265...................0.266 .................355,288,216........0.100 OM0000002168............AL ANWAR CERAMIC TILES ............................... 103,940 ........... 29,363........................7 ........... 0.280...........0.285 ...........0.280 .......... 0.282 .............0.280 ........... 0.002............. 0.714 ................0.285............. 0.260...................0.285...................83,532,258.........0.100 OM0000003224 ...........RENAISSANCE SERVICES ..................................... 686,840 ..........114,700..................... 55 ............0.166 ........... 0.168 ...........0.166 ............0.167 ............. 0.166.............0.001 .............0.602 ................0.167 .............. 0.167...................0.168................... 48,538,721 .........0.100 OM0000003026 ...........OMAN TELECOMMUNICATION ........................ 191,368 ..........305,222..................... 56 ............1.585 ........... 1.600 ...........1.585 ............1.595 .............1.590............ 0.005............. 0.314 ................1.600..............1.590...................1.600................1,196,250,000 ......0.100 OM0000004669 ...........SHARQIYAH DESALINATION ...................................5,707 ............ 26,253........................4 ........... 4.605 ...........4.605 ...........4.600 .......... 4.600 .............4.595 ........... 0.005............. 0.109 ................4.600 .............4.150...................5.050...................44,988,994 ........1.000 OM0000001087............OMAN UNITED INSURANCE ............................... 283,495 ........... 67,248......................19 ........... 0.237 ...........0.238 ...........0.237........... 0.237 .............0.237 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.237..............0.237...................0.238...................23,700,000.........0.100 OM0000001418 ............RAYSUT CEMENT ....................................................... 50,000 ............ 49,600........................2 ........... 0.992 ...........0.992 ...........0.992........... 0.992 .............0.992 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.992..............0.952...................0.992 .................198,400,000 .......0.100 OM0000001517 ............HSBC BANK OMAN .................................................... 202,750 ........... 20,063......................21 ........... 0.098 ...........0.099 ...........0.098........... 0.099 .............0.099 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.099..............0.096...................0.099..................198,030,966........0.100 OM0000001533 ............OMINVEST ...................................................................... 11,027 ............... 5,139........................4 ........... 0.466 ...........0.466 ...........0.466........... 0.466 .............0.466 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.466..............0.466...................0.480 .................257,633,525 ........0.100 OM0000001822............UNITED POWER .................................................................633 ...............2,083........................3 ........... 3.290 ...........3.290 ...........3.290........... 3.290 .............3.290 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................3.290..............3.270...................3.370....................2,632,000 ..........1.000 OM0000001962............AL MADINA INVESTMENT ................................... 775,652 ........... 46,954.....................44 ........... 0.062 ...........0.063 ...........0.060........... 0.061 ............. 0.061............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.060..............0.060...................0.062 ..................12,636,234 .........0.100
Al Madina Takaful remained Monday’s top gainer, up 4.17 per cent while Bank Nizwa was
OM0000002226 ...........AL JAZEERA SERVICES ..............................................2,000 .................. 584........................1 ........... 0.292 ...........0.292 ...........0.292........... 0.292 .............0.292 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.292..............0.292...................0.320 .................. 17,871,648 .........0.100 OM0000002275 ...........SHELL OMAN MARKETING ...................................12,008 .............23,416........................3 ............1.950 ........... 1.950 ...........1.950 ........... 1.950 .............1.950............ 0.000.............0.000 ................1.950 ..............1.900...................2.000 .................185,250,000........0.100 OM0000002374............UNITED FINANCE ..................................................... 240,000........... 31,200..................... 25 ............0.130 ........... 0.130 ...........0.130........... 0.130 .............0.130............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.130 ............. 0.000...................0.132...................40,399,442.........0.100 OM0000002796 ...........BANK MUSCAT ............................................................ 2,339,238......992,512................... 125 ........... 0.424 ...........0.428 ...........0.422........... 0.424 .............0.424 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.424..............0.424...................0.428 ................. 971,732,781 ........0.100 OM0000003398 ...........BANK SOHAR................................................................ 807,129.......... 124,835..................... 43 ............0.156 ........... 0.157 ...........0.154 ............0.155 ............. 0.155............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.154 ..............0.154...................0.155 ................. 223,423,200 .......0.100
the top loser, with a loss of 2.86 per cent
OM0000003661 ............VOLTAMP ENERGY ....................................................... 4,358 ............... 1,918........................6 ........... 0.440...........0.440 ...........0.440 .......... 0.440 .............0.440 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.440............. 0.000...................0.440 ..................26,620,000.........0.100 OM0000003968 ...........OOREDOO....................................................................... 303,500 .........210,022......................16 ........... 0.692 ...........0.692 ...........0.692........... 0.692 .............0.692 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.692..............0.688...................0.692..................450,453,407 .......0.100 OM0000004248 ...........SMN POWER HOLDING ..............................................2,000 ............... 1,472........................1 ............0.736 ........... 0.736 ...........0.736 ........... 0.740 .............0.740 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.736 ............. 0.000...................0.740..................147,730,344 ........0.100 OM0000004735 ...........SEMBCORP SALALAH......................................................100 .................. 245........................1 ........... 2.450 ...........2.450 ...........2.450........... 2.450 .............2.450 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................2.450..............2.350...................2.500 .................233,870,128........1.000
MUSCAT: MSM30 Index closed at 5,395.11 points, up by 0.21 per cent. MSM Sharia Index ended at 835.46 points, down 0.12 per cent. Bank Muscat was the most active in terms of volume as well as turnover. Al Madina Takaful remained Monday’s top gainer, up 4.17 per cent while Bank Nizwa was the top loser, with a loss of 2.86 per cent. A total number of 1,124 trades were executed on Monday, generating turnover of OMR3.29 million with 16.82 million shares changing hands. Out of 47 traded securities, 10 advanced, 12 declined and 25 remained unchanged. At the session close, Omani Investors were net buyers for OMR567,000 followed by GCC& Arab investors for OMR513,000 while Foreign Investors stayed net sellers for OMR1.08 million worth of shares. Financial Index rose by 0.15 per cent to close at 6,658.16 points. Al Madinal Takaful, Ahli Bank, Global Financial Investment and National Bank of
Oman increased by 4.17 per cent, 4.12 per cent, 3.31 per cent and 0.76 per cent respectively. Bank NizwaAl Sharqiya Investment, Ahli Bank and Gulf Investment Services declined by 2.86 per cent, 2.75 per cent, 1.75 per cent and 1.04 per cent respectively. Industrial Index at 6,614.76 points, up by 0.15 per cent. Galfar Engineering, Al Maha Ceramics and Al Anwar Ceramics increased by 1.70 per cent, 0.98 per cent and 0.71 per cent respectively. Oman Textile Holding, Al Hassan Engineering, Jazeera Steel Product and Gulf International Chemicals declined by2.59 per cent, 1.47 per cent, 1.38 per cent and 0.33 per cent respectively. Services Index ended flat at 3,056.41 points, marginally up by 0.04 per cent. Renaissance Services, Omantel and Sharqiyah Desalination increased 0.60 per cent, 0.31% and 0.11 per cent respectively. Phoenix Power, Port Service and OIFC declined by 0.70 per cent, 0.60 per cent and 0.50 per cent respectively.
OM0000004933 ...........AL SUWADI POWER ..........................................................152 .....................32........................1 ........... 0.209...........0.209 ...........0.209 .......... 0.210 .............0.210 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.209..............0.198...................0.209 .................150,025,331 ........0.100 OM0000002028 ...........GULF INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS ............ 196,588.............58,783.....................24 ........... 0.300...........0.300 ...........0.298........... 0.299 .............0.300 ...........-0.001 ........... -0.333 ...............0.300 .............0.298...................0.300 ...................6,279,000 ..........0.100 OM0000001525 ............OMAN INVESTMENT AND FINANCE...............157,171 ..............31,111......................16 ............0.199 ........... 0.199 ...........0.196 ........... 0.198 ............. 0.199............-0.001 ........... -0.503 ...............0.196 .............. 0.196...................0.198...................39,600,000.........0.100 OM0000001772 ............AL ANWAR HOLDING............................................... 683,250 .........122,499..................... 46 ............0.179 ........... 0.180 ...........0.179 ............0.179 .............0.180 ...........-0.001 ........... -0.556 ...............0.179 .............. 0.179...................0.180...................26,863,425.........0.100 OM0000001145 ............PORT SERVICES CORPORATION ....................... 400,590........... 66,084..................... 38 ............0.167 ........... 0.167 ...........0.163 ............0.165 ............. 0.166............-0.001 ........... -0.602 ...............0.163 ..............0.162...................0.163................... 15,681,600 .........0.100 OM0000002820 ...........GULF INVESTMENT SERVICES ......................... 618,000 ........... 58,660..................... 46 ........... 0.095 ........... 0.095 ...........0.094........... 0.095 .............0.096 ...........-0.001 ........... -1.042 ...............0.094..............0.093...................0.095.................... 5,590,106 ..........0.100 OM0000002176 ............AL JAZEERA STEEL PRODUCTS ........................ 112,382.............16,069......................13 ............0.144 ........... 0.144 ...........0.142........... 0.143 ............. 0.145............-0.002 ............-1.379................0.143 ..............0.143...................0.144................... 17,860,408 .........0.100 OM0000002440 ...........AL SHARQIA INVESTMENT HOLDING .............10,000 ...............1,060........................2 ............0.106 ........... 0.106 ...........0.106........... 0.106 .............0.109 ...........-0.003 ........... -2.752 ...............0.106..............0.105...................0.106....................9,540,000 ..........0.100 .............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 12,260,877 2,916,280...................964 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......33........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
PARALLEL MARKET ................................................................................................................................................................................. OM0000001368 ............CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IND. .................. 147,970 ...............4,745........................7 ........... 0.032 ........... 0.033 ...........0.032........... 0.032 .............0.032 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.033..............0.032...................0.033....................2,720,000 ..........0.100 OM0000001400 ...........OMAN FLOUR MILLS .......................................................150 .....................69........................1 ........... 0.460 ...........0.460 ...........0.460........... 0.440 .............0.440 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.460..............0.446...................0.480 ..................69,300,000.........0.100 OM0000001426............OMAN REFRESHMENT ................................................. 300 ...................671........................1 ........... 2.235 ...........2.235 ...........2.235........... 2.250 .............2.250 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................2.235............. 0.000...................2.240 .................112,500,000........0.100 OM0000001566 ............OMAN FISHERIES ..................................................... 748,388 ............42,717..................... 29 ........... 0.057 ...........0.058 ...........0.057........... 0.057 .............0.057 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.057..............0.057...................0.058.................... 7,125,000 ..........0.100 OM0000001590............MUSCAT FINANCE..................................................... 30,000 ...............3,900........................3 ............0.130 ........... 0.130 ...........0.130........... 0.130 .............0.130............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.130 ..............0.129...................0.130................... 32,710,401 .........0.100 OM0000004776 ...........TAKAFUL OMAN INSURANCE ................................5,000 .................. 505........................1 ............0.101 ........... 0.101............0.101 ........... 0.100 .............0.100 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.101 .............. 0.101...................0.103...................10,000,000.........0.100 OM0000005963 ...........PHOENIX POWER ...................................................... 276,557 ........... 38,895......................19 ............0.141 ........... 0.142 ...........0.140............0.141 .............0.142 ...........-0.001 ........... -0.704 ...............0.142..............0.142...................0.143................. 206,226,806 .......0.100 OM0000002564 ...........AL HASSAN ENGINEERING.................................. 136,600 .............. 9,152........................4 ........... 0.067 ...........0.067 ...........0.067........... 0.067 .............0.068 ...........-0.001 ............-1.471 ................0.067..............0.067...................0.070....................5,038,936 ..........0.100 OM0000004511 ............ALIZZ ISLAMIC BANK.............................................. 530,021 ........... 29,828..................... 30 ........... 0.057 ........... 0.057 ...........0.056........... 0.056 .............0.057 ...........-0.001 ............-1.754................0.057..............0.056...................0.057...................56,000,000.........0.100 OM0000001053 ............OMAN TEXTILE HOLDING ....................................... 1,000 .................. 376........................1 ............0.376 ........... 0.376 ...........0.376........... 0.376 .............0.386 ...........-0.010 ........... -2.591................0.376..............0.370...................0.376....................2,256,000 ..........1.000 OM0000004420 ...........BANK NIZWA ................................................................ 641,100 ............43,799.....................44 ........... 0.069 ...........0.069 ...........0.068........... 0.068 .............0.070 ...........-0.002 ........... -2.857 ...............0.069..............0.068...................0.069................. 102,000,000 .......0.100 .............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 2,517,086 ...... 174,657...................140 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ...... 11........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
BONDS AND SUKUK MARKET ...................................................................................................................................................................... OM0000004602 ...........BANK MUSCAT CONV. BONDS 4.5 ........................ 43,715 ................5,115........................1 ............0.117 ........... 0.117............ 0.117 ............0.117 ............. 0.117 ............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.117 ...............0.111................... 0.117 ...................35,421,646 .........0.100 OM0000004628 ...........BANK SOHAR BONDS 4.5 .............................................1,258 ...................113........................2 ........... 0.090 ...........0.090 ...........0.090........... 0.109 .............0.109 ........... 0.000.............0.000 ................0.090..............0.090...................0.100.................... 7,793,500 ..........0.100 OM0000004867 ...........BANK MUSCAT C C B 4.5 ......................................... 2,000,000 .... 202,099......................17 ............0.102 ........... 0.102 ...........0.101 ............0.101 ............. 0.101............ 0.000.............0.000 ................0.101 .............. 0.101...................0.000 ..................32,283,910 .........0.100 .............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 2,044,973 .....207,327.....................20 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ........ 3........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Consumer prices 'Your smartphone knows who you are and what exactly you are doing' fall the most in year WASHINGTON: Your phone knows more about you than you think. It knows where you’ve been and who you were with, the birthday gift you bought your mother and who you plan to vote for. It knows that too if you’re using one of the applications for couples trying to conceive. From pre-installed apps that count your steps to saved passwords for banking accounts and social media, smartphones have evolved from devices that make calls into digital repositories for BEWARE: People instruct their phones to remember passwords for the most intimate details of life. these apps so they can be quickly opened — which means they are “You can extract enough in- available to anyone who gets into the phone. — Bloomberg News formation on a typical person’s phone that you can construct a virtual clone of that individual,” said phones are loaded with our inti- quickly opened — which means Elad Yoran, executive chairman mate conversations, our financial they are available to anyone who of Koolspan, a communications data, our health records. They’re gets into the phone. That reveals security company. “They are the also loaded with the location of our your taste in films, shopping habits and relationships. windows not just into our personal kids in many cases.” Some new phones come preThe world’s 7.3 billion people lives but they are equally the winnow have an estimated 3.4 billion loaded with a health app that dows into our professional lives.” And, as the Federal Bureau of smartphones. That’s expected to automatically tracks how many Investigation’s battle with Apple climb to 6.4 billion by 2021, ac- steps a user takes. Others can be shows, they have become a gold- cording to communications com- downloaded to pinpoint a person’s mine for investigators. The agency pany Telefonaktiebolaget LM location using GPS coordinates or has won a court order demanding Ericsson. The phones are power- reveal political leanings and food Apple’s help unlocking an iPhone ful, processing more information preferences. Navigation programs can serve used by Syed Rizwan Farook, who faster than the computers NASA as a record of places visited. If you shot scores of co-workers at a De- used to put humans on the moon. That’s permitted them to per- use a friend finder app, the phone cember office event in San Bernardino, California in December, form a stunning array of functions will know where your friends or family members are or have been. killing 14. Apple is fighting the or- and collect troves of data. Moreover, smartphones quiThere’s a record of calls made der, mounting a highly public case against what it calls government and received, text messages, pho- etly collect data about a user and overreach and in defense of pri- tos, contact lists, calendar entries, share it with others, said Andrew vacy. It warns that anything it does Internet browsing history and Blaich, lead security analyst for to override the encryption of its notes, as well as access to e-mail Bluebox Security, which helps seaccounts, banking institutions and cure apps. For example, the phone smartphones could help hackers. websites like Amazon, Facebook, communicates with its telecomKids’ locations “There’s probably more infor- Twitter and Netflix, said Kool- munications service provider and its manufacturer for software upmation about you on your phone span’s Yoran. Many people instruct their dates, while apps talk back to dethan there is in your house,” Apple chief executive Tim Cook told phones to remember passwords velopers, Blaich said. “Applications in general write ABC News last week. “Our smart- for these apps so they can be
a lot of data to their local storage. This data includes user names and passwords and it could include credit card numbers,” he said. “If an attacker were to be able to get into your phone and get access to this data they could basically impersonate you. A lot of this information is stored unencrypted on the device.” Other apps distribute information about your use of them to advertisers. Sharing data Most users don’t realise the extent to which their phone is connected to the outside world because accounts stay automatically logged in, said Mike Murray, vice-president of security research for mobile security company Lookout. Phones can reveal company secrets, too. Murray said many Fortune 500 companies have a mobile phone app allowing employees to connect to networks over a virtual private network. All of that data can be valuable to police. FBI Director James Comey told lawmakers last week that Farook’s phone could help solve the mystery of where he was for 18 minutes after the rampage. Despite scouring security cameras and interviewing witnesses, agents can’t account for where he and his wife went before they were spotted by police in a rented SUV, chased and slain in a gun-battle. Comey said he is sensitive to the need for privacy. Yorgen Edholm, chief executive officer of cybersecurity company Accellion, said the ability to track, impersonate and even manipulate someone through a smartphone shows the need to be vigilant about security and cautious of overreach by the government. — Bloomberg News
FRANKFURT: Euro-area consumer prices plunged the most in a year in February and a core measure also dropped, adding to deflation concerns that are piling pressure on the European Central Bank (ECB) to expand stimulus in March. The inflation rate in the 19-nation bloc declined to minus 0.2 from a positive reading of 0.3 per cent in January, according to data published on Monday. Core inflation, which strips out volatile elements such as food and energy, was at 0.7 per cent, down from one per cent in the prior month. The deteriorating inflation backdrop comes just over a week before ECB policy makers led by President Mario Draghi gather for a meeting at which they’ve said they’ll review if their current stimulus is enough. Price growth has fallen short of the ECB’s goal of just below two per cent for more than two years amid a drop in oil prices, pushing the central bank to take more and more aggressive action in response. “If we look at Europe at the moment, the danger we face is without any doubt deflation not inflation,” ECB Governing Council member Francois Villeroy de Galhau said in an interview on Sunday. “If the low energy prices have sustainable long-term effects, we have to act. That seems to be the case, but we will see in March.” Both the headline and the core measures of inflation were weaker than economists had forecast. The main rate was projected to come in at zero, while the core rate was expected to slip to 0.9 per cent. The euro-wide number follows disappointing data from Germany, France and Spain. In Germany, the European Union-har-
Francois Villeroy de Galhau, ECB Governing Council member. — Bloomberg News
monised inflation rate dropped to minus 0.2 per cent from 0.4 per cent. The rate in France fell to minus 0.1 per cent, while Spanish prices slid 0.9 per cent. All readings were worse than economists had forecast. To kickstart a revival in inflation, the ECB has already cut its deposit rate to minus 0.3 per cent and is pumping 60 billion euros ($66 billion) a month into the economy via asset purchases. Central bank officials have said they are ready to expand stimulus if needed to counter the risk of low inflation becoming entrenched in the region’s economy. This puts the spotlight on appearances from policy makers before the ECB enters its weeklong quiet period ahead of the March 10 meeting. Executive Board members Sabine Lautenschlaeger and Benoit Coeure are both slated this week; so are Governing Council members Klaas Knot and Villeroy de Galhau. “With inflation expectations low and falling, the threat of a more persistent bout of deflation remains very real,” Jessica Hinds, an economist at Capital Economics wrote in a client note before the data. — Bloomberg News