The trading value recorded in May 2015 at Muscat Securities Market (MSM) reached 595 million and 444 Thousand Omani Riyals compared to one billion, 89 million and 91 thousand Omani Riyals logged during the same period of 2014 with a 45.3% decline. The total trading value logged in May 2015 is lower than the value recorded in the prceeding month April 2015; which reached 109 million and 27 thousand Omani Riyals. It is also lower than the value recorded in March; which reached 129 million and 465 thousand Omani Riyals. The General index of Muscat Securities Market (MSM) has witnessed a 6.8% decline at the end of last May by reaching 6387.9 points compared to 6857.4 points recorded during the same period of 2014 according to the statistics issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI). The Industry Sector has led the declines with a rate of 18.3% reaching 8319 points compared to 10184.3 points recorded during the same period of 2014. It was followed by the Finance and Services sectors that decreased with 5.4% to record 7714 and 3468 points respectively at the end of last May compared to 8153.2 points for the Finance sector and 3666.7 points recorded by the services sector during the same period of 2014. The total shares traded by the end of last April declined with 32.1% to record two billion, 120 million and 808 thousand shares compared to three billion, 122 million and 252 thousand shares recorded during the same period of 2014. Till the end of last May, the Omani investors acquired 75% of the purchase value against 13% for the Gulf investors, 10% for the foreigners and 2% for the Arab investrors.