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The first half of 2025 delivered strong performance across Oman’s key listed sectors, continuing the positive trajectory from 2024. The financial sector demonstrated robust growth driven by...

The first quarter results for 2025 are out, with strong sector-wide performance, continuing the growth witnessed in 2024. The financial sector remained resilient, fueled by robust banking activity,...

A full year review of 94 listed companies on the MSX reveals mixed results across the sectors, with the largest companies in each sector dominating. The financial sector demonstrated resilience,...

An analysis of the third-quarter financial performance of 91 companies listed on the Muscat Stock Exchange (MSX) reveals a continuation of positive trajectories across several key sectors, including...

With the first quarter unaudited results being published, overall, the majority of the sectors are showing a healthy upward trend in profitability. With gains in the financial, manufacturing and...

No major spikes nor slumps in general business, as per the preliminary full year results submitted to the MSX. The major year-on-year changes are explained typically by one off items. Overall,...

This year, there were no surprises in the third quarter of the year. As has been the pattern for the previous two quarters, on the back of rising interest rates, the banks within the financial...

We have all heard about the abrupt failure of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in the US, so soon after the year end and after receiving a clean bill of health from its Auditors. Originally the bank’s...

The 2022 full year reporting season is now in full swing, with the MSX listed companies all reporting preliminary (pre-audited) results. Only Omantel is yet to report, as they need to wait for the...

Following the lack luster performance in the 2nd quarter, due to the headwinds from the fallout from the outbreak of war between Russia and the Ukraine, we see no let off in the 3rd quarter as the...

Who cares about ESG? Some years ago, in the business world, nobody cared about the social issues, the environment and, perhaps somehow, a few recognised that governance quality might improve business...

After a positive first quarter, we were happily waving goodbye to two downbeat years of Covid, with a general improvement in Y-o-Y SAOG profitability. While many companies have continued the trend...