The Muscat Securities Market (MSM) 30 Index closed higher on Sunday, reaching 4714.33 points, up by 8.5 points or 0.18% compared to the previous trading session, which stood at 4705.83 points.

The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) announced that more than a quarter of crude oil production and about 17 per cent of natural gas production in the US Gulf of Mexico has been halted in the wake of Hurricane Rafael.

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced on Sunday that Iraq's oil exports to the US decreased last week.

Muscat-Saba: The market capitalization of the Muscat Stock Exchange rose by the end of last week to RO 27 billion and RO 551 million, recording weekly gains of about RO 130 million, benefiting from the listing of a new issue of government development bonds and the rise in shares of a number of leading companies listed on the regular market.

Gold prices rose today, extending gains after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of percentage point yesterday.

Gold prices touched their lowest level in more than three weeks on Thursday as the dollar rallied after Donald Trump won the US presidential election, with the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision later in the day also in focus.

The US dollar on Thursday stabilized near its highest level in 4 months against a set of currencies, after the Republican Donald Trump won the presidential elections.

The Muscat Stock Exchange "30" index of Oman decreased by 8.1 points, or 0.17 percent Thursday to close at 4705.83 points, compared to the last trading session, which amounted to 4713.96 points.

Gold prices fell today as investors await the outcome of the US election, and the focus is on the next meeting of the Federal Reserve, the US central bank.

Gold prices stabilised on Tuesday, as investors refrained from taking risks ahead of the US presidential election and the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting scheduled for later this week.

The Muscat Stock Exchange "30" Index saw a slight increase in its value on Tuesday, rising by 4.1 points, or 0.09%, to close at **4722.25 points**, up from the previous day's close of **4718.17 points**.

Gold prices stabilised today, as investors prepare for a crucial week for the global economy with the US presidential election and the possibility of further interest rate cuts.

Algerian company for energy, Sonatrac, late on Sunday said it sent the first delivery of natural gas to a Czech company last October, as part of a contract recently inked between the two companies.

Sa'ada - Saba: The Chairman of the General Authority for Endowments, scholar Abdulmajid Abdulrahman Al-Houthi, and the Governor of Sa'ada, Mohammed Jaber Awad, inaugurated today the Bab al-Yemen Investment Endowment Commercial Market project, with an estimated cost of around 820 million Yemeni riyals.

The BRICS member states have already put recommendations on equivalent payment mechanisms, the Russian foreign minister told BRICS TV Network.

The American agency "Bloomberg" confirmed that the Israeli government, amid its ongoing war on Gaza and Lebanon, has approved the 2025 budget, paving the way for increased military spending and higher taxes.

Russia increased pipeline gas exports to Europe by more than 15 per cent to 26.52 billion cubic metres in January-October 2024.

Gold prices stabilized today as investors refrained from making major decisions ahead of U.S. jobs data that could provide more indications about the interest rate path the Federal Reserve will adopt.

Japanese stock indices fell at the end of the morning trading session on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday.

Gold prices rose to a new record high on Thursday and are heading for the best monthly performance in seven months, on the back of safe-haven demand ahead of the US presidential election, while investors await the US inflation report for clues about the path of interest rates.