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Oman’s Stock Market Leads GCC with Strong Growth in 2025

Prime Highlights

  • Oman’s Muscat Securities Market (MSX) emerged as the best-performing stock market in the GCC region in 2025, driven by strong investor confidence and improved market conditions.
  • The strong performance highlights the growing strength of GCC capital markets as countries continue efforts to diversify their economies beyond oil.

Key Facts

  • The MSX 30 Index rose 28.2 percent in 2025, closing the year at 5,866.8 points, making it the top-performing GCC equity index.
  • Saudi Arabia’s largest IPO of the year was Flynas, which raised SR4.1 billion ($1.1 billion).

Background:

Oman’s Muscat Securities Market (MSX) was the top-performing stock market in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region in 2025, according to Kamco Invest.

The MSX 30 Index rose by 28.2 percent during the year and closed at 5,866.8 points. This strong rise reflected growing investor confidence and improved market conditions in Oman.

The index reached its highest level of 5,985.66 points in mid-December. It fell to a low of 4,223.83 points in early April before recovering by nearly 39 percent, showing strong market resilience.

Kamco Invest said the wider MSCI GCC Index posted a small gain of 1.6 percent in 2025. Market performance across the region differed, with Oman leading growth, followed by Boursa Kuwait, which gained 21.2 percent during the year.

Markets in the United Arab Emirates also showed positive momentum. The Dubai Financial Market advanced 17.2 percent, supported by selective strength in real estate and services stocks, while the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange posted a 6.1 percent increase. Qatar’s stock market registered a slight rise of 1.8 percent, and Bahrain’s bourse gained 4.1 percent over the year.

Despite a decline of 12.8 percent in its main index, Saudi Arabia remained the most active market in terms of listings. The Kingdom saw strong capital market activity, with 13 companies listing on the Tadawul main market, alongside multiple transfers from the Nomu parallel market and 28 new listings on Nomu.

Flynas was the largest initial public offering in Saudi Arabia in 2025, raising SR4.1 billion ($1.1 billion). Other major listings during the year came from the real estate, financial services, healthcare, and construction sectors.

Kamco Invest said market performance across the region was mixed. Utilities, insurance, and consumer goods stocks declined, while gains in telecom, banking, and diversified financial companies helped balance overall market weakness.

The report added that building strong capital markets remains an important goal for GCC countries as they work to diversify their economies and reduce dependence on oil revenues.

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