​The General index of Muscat Securities Market (MSM) has witnessed a 8.3% decline at the end of last June by reaching 6424.6 points compared to 7008.3 points recorded during the same period of 2014 according to the statistics issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI). 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 Industry Sector has led the declines with a rate of 17.8% reaching 8330 points compared to 10132 points recorded during the same period of 2014. It was followed by the Finance sector that decreased with 9.4% to record 7740 points compared to 8548 points recorded during the same period of 2014. The Service Sector has also logged a decline of 3.8% by reaching 3468 points compared to 3605 points recorded during the same period of 2014. The total number of traded shares logged a 30.6% decline at the end of last June by recording two billion, 674 million and 164 Thousand shares compared to three billion, 854 million and 384 Thousand shares logged during the same period of 2014 with a 45.3% decline. The total trading value has also decreased with 45.6% at the end of last June by reaching 707 million and 391 Thousand Omani Riyals compared to one billion, 299 million and 597 thousand Omani Riyals logged during the same period of 2014. However; the total trading value is considered to be high during June 2015 compared to the value recorded in May as it reached 111 million and 946 thousand Omani Riyals in June compared to 75 million and 59 thousand Omani Riyals. The total trading value recorded last April was 109 million and 27 thousand Omani Riyals. Till the end of last June, the Omani investors acquired 76% of the purchase value against 13% for the Gulf investors, 9% for the foreigners and 2% for the Arabs. The purchases of the Omani investors increased than their sales. The net transactions of the Omanis recorded 46 million and 984 thousand Omani Riyals. The purchases of the Gulf investors were also higher than their sales. The net transactions of the Gulf investors recorded 39 million and 820 Thousand Omani Riyals. On the other hand, the sales exceeded the purchases among the Arab and foreign investors. The net transactions of the Arab and foreign investors recorded negative numbers as the former recorded 39 million and 198 thousand Omani Riyals; while the latter recorded 47 million and 605 thousand Omani Riyals. The financial sector acquired 56% of the traded shares; while the service sector acquired 27%. The industrial sector acquired 16% of the shares and the securities acquired 1% only. The share of Phoenix Power Company came at the forefront of the fifth most traded securities at the end of last June by acquiring 51% of the trading transactions with 279 million and 830 thousand shares. The shares of Oman UAE Holdings came second by acquiring 6% of the traded shares with 31 million and 758 thousand shares; while BankMuscat Free Bonds and the International Financial Investments Company shares came third with 5% of the trading transactions both and traded shares of 29,824,000 and 25,334,000 respectively. The shares of Al Anwar Holdings SAOG came in the fifth positon by acquiring 4% of the trading transactions with 23 million and 625 thousand shares. The other companies acquired 29% of the trading transactions with 162 million and 982 thousand shares.