Saudi Arabia's Main Benchmark Stock Index Takes An Almost 6.8% Dive

[Rakhmetov]

Saudi Arabia's main benchmark stock index takes an almost 6.8 percent dive in a drop fueled by mounting unrest in neighboring Gulf countries and reports of the arrest of a prominent Shiite cleric in the Sunni Muslim nation. According to a security official, Tawfiq Al Amer is arrested after delivering a sermon advocating the establishment of a constitutional monarchy.

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