Muscat: OQ, Oman’s global energy investment group, organized its inaugural Capital Markets Day (CMD), bringing together over 200 institutional investors, analysts, and market leaders. The event underscored the significant role of OQ’s subsidiaries in the Muscat Stock Exchange, contributing over 30% of the total capitalization of the exchange’s main and parallel markets, with a combined market value exceeding RO 4 billion. Year-to-date, these subsidiaries have distributed dividends totaling RO 212 million, reinforcing OQ’s status as a key investment benchmark and a catalyst for market liquidity and investor confidence in Oman.
According to Oman News Agency, the event also highlighted the financial and operational performance of OQ’s subsidiaries and their shared investment outlook. OQ Exploration and Production (OQEP) focused on shareholder returns through dividends and share buy-back programs, while OQ Gas Networks (OQGN) emphasized its regulated business model and long-term cash flow visibility. OQ Base Industries (OQBI) showcased its financial discipline, governance, and growth focus. Abraj Energy Services demonstrated its operational strength, and Musandam Power Company (MPC) reaffirmed its reliability in Oman’s power sector with a consistent dividend record.
The forum highlighted OQ’s leadership in reshaping the investment landscape through four IPOs over the past two years, diversifying sectors, attracting international capital inflows, and enhancing liquidity and transparency. These offerings added more than 6 billion shares to trading volumes, supported by accredited market makers, strengthening investor trust and positioning OQ as a national engine of financial transformation and a strategic player in Oman’s emergence as a regional hub for global capital.
The programme included a high-level panel discussion titled ‘Enhancing Oman’s Stock Exchange: The Role of the Energy Sector in Attracting Investors to Oman,’ with participation from senior decision-makers and regulators.
Group Chief Executive Officer of OQ, Ashraf Hamed Al Mamari, commented: ‘By convening OQ’s Capital Markets Day in conjunction with MEIRA 2025, we are reinforcing our commitment to open, data-driven dialogue with the investors community and helping to drive broader participation in Oman’s capital market.’ He emphasized the importance of these dialogue platforms for entrenching transparency, deepening market liquidity, and bolstering Oman’s standing as a long-term investment destination.
OQ’s Chief Portfolio Officer, Azzan Al Abdullatif, added: ‘OQ Capital Markets Day coincides with the MEIRA’s annual conference, hosted for the first time by Muscat Stock Exchange. This event underscores our commitment to advancing investor relations and embedding the highest standards of transparency and disclosure.’
OQ also organized a site visit for participants to the group’s integrated industrial assets in Suhar, providing direct insight into the Group’s investment capacity and infrastructure base that support Oman’s Vision 2040 diversification agenda.