Ateeq Shariff

1 week ago | reuters.com | Ateeq Shariff

A trader looks on near electronic boards showing stock market data at Bahrain Bourse after Joe Biden won the U.S. presidency, in Manama, Bahrain, November 8, 2020. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
/File Photo June 19 (Reuters) - Most stock markets in the Gulf closed lower on Thursday on the seventh day of the Israel-Iran conflict and as U.S. President Donald Trump kept the world guessing about whether the U.S. would join Israel in airstrikes.

1 week ago | zawya.com | Ateeq Shariff

Major stock markets in the Gulf fell in early trade on Thursday amid investor jitters over potential U.S. involvement in the escalating Israel-Iran conflict. Israel struck a key Iranian nuclear site on Thursday and Iranian missiles hit an Israeli hospital while President Donald Trump kept the world guessing about whether the U.S. would join air strikes seeking to destroy Tehran's nuclear facilities.

1 week ago | zawya.com | Ateeq Shariff

Most stock markets in the Gulf ended lower on Wednesday with investors exercising restraint due to fighting between Iran and Israel that entered a sixth day, sparking fears of potential regional instability. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's demand for unconditional surrender on Wednesday, as Iranians jammed the highways out of Tehran fleeing from intensified Israeli airstrikes.

1 week ago | reuters.com | Ateeq Shariff

Qatar's traders look at share prices on an electronic display at the Doha Stock Exchange in Doha, Qatar January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon/File Photo June 18 (Reuters) - Most stock markets in the Gulf ended lower on Wednesday with investors exercising restraint due to fighting between Iran and Israel that entered a sixth day, sparking fears of potential regional instability.

1 week ago | zawya.com | Ateeq Shariff

Most stocks markets in the Gulf fell in early trade on Wednesday with investors exercising restraint due to fighting between Iran and Israel that entered a sixth day, sparking fears of potential regional instability. Thousands of people were fleeing Tehran and other major cities, Iranian media reported, as Iran and Israel launched new missile strikes at each other despite U.S. President Donald Trump calling for Tehran's unconditional surrender.