In the Gulf region, the Dubai and Abu Dhabi markets were the only ones that experienced an increase in stock prices. The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange index rose by 0.31% to 9,087.83 points with trading of 938.28 million dirhams, while the Dubai Securities Exchange index rose by 0.15% to 4,063.25 points with trading of 418.90 million dirhams.
On the other hand, most stocks in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman experienced a decline. The main market index of the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) fell by 0.45% to 11,606.09 points with trading of 315.31 million shares worth 6.3 billion riyals. The general market index of the Kuwait Stock Exchange fell by 0.08% to 6937.13 points, with the volume of traded shares reaching 120.19 million shares through 11239 cash transactions worth 32