Saudi stocks slip after attack on Aramco building

SANAA, Oct. 15 (YPA) – Saudi stocks fell on Wednesday following an attack on an Aramco facility in Dhahran, with the benchmark stock index dropping 1.7% and Aramco shares losing 1.6%, Reuters reported.

Shares in Saudi National Bank and Al Rajhi Bank also fell by 2% each, according to the report.

Meanwhile, Yemen’s Saba news agency, based in Sanaa, quoted a military source as urging Aramco shareholders to sell their shares to avoid potential losses in the coming days.

@E.Y.M