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Muscat Securities Market

  

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  •   The Muscat Securities Market (MSM) celebrated, on Tuesday May 11, 2010, the launching of the Professional Certificates Program for persons working in companies operating in the field of Securities.
  •   Muscat Securities Market announcement
  •   MSM is recognized as ISO 9001. 2008
  •   Oman might use reserves to fund budget gap
  •   Muscat SM Future Outlook

     Official 12 Month Statistics
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      US$ Millions # Shares Millions
    Total Volume Avg. Daily Volume Total Volume Avg. Daily Volume
      Stocks
    9/2009 631.1101 37.1241 697.6821 41.0401
    10/2009 78.1190 3.7200 57.5877 2.7423
    11/2009 263.6655 13.1833 246.5667 12.3283
    12/2009 286.5538 15.0818 334.9357 17.6282
    1/2010 367.4629 17.4982 336.8903 16.0424
    2/2010 311.3138 15.5657 281.2889 14.0644
    3/2010 285.3300 12.4057 260.7690 11.3378
    4/2010 341.2551 16.2502 343.4733 16.3559
    5/2010 292.9930 13.3179 312.6044 14.2093
    6/2010 229.1104 10.4141 251.2881 11.4222
    7/2010 197.1167 2.3749 181.7854 2.1902
    8/2010 208.0379 9.0451 182.7886 7.9473
    TOTAL 3,492.0683 11.1925 3,487.6602 11.1784
      Bonds
    9/2009 2.4916 0.0000 0.9793 0.0000
    10/2009 19.1165 0.0000 1.3107 0.0000
    11/2009 7.8622 0.3931 2.9551 0.1478
    12/2009 5.5796 0.2937 2.3736 0.1249
    1/2010 1.5787 0.0000 0.6288 0.0000
    2/2010 1.3234 0.0662 0.5354 0.0268
    3/2010 4.1721 0.1896 1.7337 0.0788
    4/2010 1.8047 0.0902 0.6931 0.0347
    5/2010 1.1927 0.0663 0.4691 0.0261
    6/2010 1.0841 0.0493 1.4494 0.0659
    7/2010 2.4337 0.1622 0.9055 0.0604
    8/2010 3.7284 0.2330 1.3736 0.0858
    TOTAL 52.3677 0.3045 15.4072 0.0896
      Other
    9/2009 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    10/2009 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    11/2009 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    12/2009 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    1/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    2/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    3/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    4/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    5/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    6/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    7/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    8/2010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
    TOTAL 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
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     5 Year Statistical Comparison
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      2006 2007 2008 2009 YTD 2010
    Number of Companies 144 120 0 0 121
    Market Capitalization (US$*) 16158.0059 26682.8697 20550.7383 23615.9574 25090.2294
    Total Vol.-Stocks (US$*) 2282.1064 5218.7065 8690.6553 5128.9701 2232.6199
    Total Vol.-Stocks (# Shares*) 925.564 2989.1209 4198.3811 5549.3993 2150.8879
    Avg. Daily Vol.-Stocks (US$*) 9.2393 21.0432 35.043 20.8495 9.5005
    Avg. Daily Vol.-Stocks (# Shares*) 3.7472 12.0529 16.929 22.5585 9.1527
    Total Vol.-Bonds (US$*) 38.3405 93.6691 61.2725 97.3129 17.3178
    Total Vol.-Bonds (# Shares*) 2.5428 1.4325 6.3051 23.8387 7.7886
    Avg. Daily Vol.-Bonds (US$*) 0.1604 0.6643 0.3367 1.6219 0.1302
    Avg. Daily Vol.-Bonds (# Shares*) 0.0106 0.0102 0.0346 0.3973 0.0586
    Total Vol.-Other (US$*) 1163.0258 687.1661 742.8673 0 0
    Total Vol.-Other(# Shares*) 187.2664 180.1006 364.9552 0 0
    Avg. Daily Vol.-Other (US$*) 6.4613 4.6119 3.7709 0 0
    Avg. Daily Vol.-Other (# Shares*) 1.0404 1.2087 1.8526 0 0
    Monthly Avg. Turnover Ratio 0.0118 0.0163 0.0352 0.0181 0.0111
    Index 5581.57 9035.48 5441.12 6368.8 6256.81
    Currency/US$ 0.385 0.385 0 0.385 0.385
     * in millions
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    Practices & Procedures
     Trading
    Days Sunday-Thursday
    Hours Regular market 10:00-11:00
    Parallel & bond markets 11:30-12:30
    Third market 12:35-12:55
    Market segmentation Regular market, parallel & bond markets, third market, OTC
    System Automated electronic trading system
    Mechanisms Continuous auction
    Market-maker/ Specialists N/A
    Instruments Shares, commercial & government bonds, Mutual funds
    Currency Local (Omani rial)
    Real time information Best bid/ask, last price, last volume, total volume, order book, listed company announcements
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     Clearing & Settlement
    Central Depository Muscat Depository & Reg. Co SAOC (MDSRC)
    Period T+3
    Registered Yes, automated
    Settlement Book entry
    Clearing Electronic clearing linked with MDSRC
    DVP No
    Clearing Institution Clearing Dep. at MSM linked with MDSRC
    Risk Sharing No
    Margin/Lending No
    Custodians HSBC
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     Taxes
    Cash Dividends No taxes
    Interest Income No taxes
    Capital Gains No taxes
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     Structure & Regulations
    Legal Government independent legal entity
    Regulation Self
    Securities market regulations Regulatory institutions, exchange, and market participants jointly
    Trading rules Responsibility of Exchange
    Surveillance Yes, electronic
    Corporate actions Equity (centralized), fixed income (centralized)
    Trading halts regulations Yes
    Investor protection Yes
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     Foreign Participation
    Foreign investors Allowed
    Investment limitations No limitations
    Repatriation No restrictions
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     Minimum Listing Requirements
      First Market Second Market
    Minimum Paid-In Capital N/A N/A
    Years of Business Activity 2 N/A
    Capitalization of Issue US$ 5,200,000 US$ 5,200,000
    Free Float N/A N/A
    Free Float Ratio N/A N/A
    Minimum # of Shareholders 3 3
    Minimum Years of Positive Financial Results 2 N/A
    # Prior Years Audited Financial Accounts 2 N/A
    # Times Dividends Distributed in Last 3 Years N/A N/A
    Whole Class of Securities to be Issued N/A N/A
    Listing Agreement with Central Depository Yes Yes
    Prospectus Yes Yes
    Special Requirements -Shareholders equity shell not be less than 100% of paid-up capital.
    -Minimum (30) days of trade during the year.
    -Minimum of (5%) share turnover during the year.    		 New listed companies.
    Listed companies that maintain shareholders equity of at least (50%) of paid-up capital.
    Additional Special Requirements No No
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     Contact Information
    Director Mr. Ahmed Salih AL-Marhoon, Director General
    asam@msm.gov.om
    Address P.O. Box 3265 Ruwi Postal Code 112 Sultanate of OMAN
    Telephone (968) 24816771
    Fax (968) 24812499
    Email majida@msm.gov.om
    Contact Person Altyeb Mudawi Shaigoog
    Altyeb@msm.gov.om
    (968) 24823756
    (968) 24812499
    Saqar Al Khalily
    saqar@msm.gov.om
    (968) 24823636
    (968) 24812499
    Website http://www.msm.gov.om
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     Calendar of Holidays
    2010 Public Holidays for Oman
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     Market Capitalization & Index
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      Market Capitalization US$ Millions Index
    9/2009 24,053.3686 6,572.2500
    10/2009 23,705.5238 6,354.9200
    11/2009 23,580.7695 6,357.2300
    12/2009 23,615.9574 6,368.8000
    1/2010 24,065.8853 6,532.1600
    2/2010 24,557.6444 6,689.3100
    3/2010 24,684.2053 6,697.5100
    4/2010 23,052.1273 6,830.3700
    5/2010 24,564.0255 6,294.4300
    6/2010 24,037.5812 6,058.1100
    7/2010 24,670.9524 6,294.5500
    8/2010 25,090.2294 6,256.8100
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