Bahrain was the only Middle East stock market to rise on Sunday, 8 November 2026, as six of the region's seven open markets fell, with Riyadh recording the deepest decline. The Tadawul All Share in Saudi Arabia closed 0.78% lower at 10,016.92, on trading worth 2.74 billion Saudi riyals, according to The Edge, which compiled the closes from the exchanges' own pages.

The fall in Riyadh was not a broad sell-off. Rising stocks still outnumbered falling ones by 140 to 119, and Naseej rose 10.00% while Saudi German Health gained 9.98%. Finimize reported that the index fell after reports of explosions in Iran and attacks near the Strait of Hormuz unsettled investors, and that Saudi Aramco slipped just 0.31%, with Arabian Drilling jumping 5.55% on company-specific news.

Doha, Kuwait and Cairo runs come to an end

Doha's QE Index fell 0.51% to 10,014.83, ending five straight gains, with fallers beating risers 31 to 25 on trading of 345.4 million Qatari riyals. Kuwait's All-Share fell 0.54% to 8,500.28, ending three straight gains, on 53.4 million Kuwaiti dinars of trading, with Gulf Bank down 1.48%. Cairo's EGX 30 fell 0.67% to 50,812.07, also ending three straight gains.

The smaller moves were in Oman and Jordan. Muscat's MSX 30 slipped 0.17%, even as Musandam Power rose 9.70%, and Amman's ASE index eased 0.13% as decliners outnumbered gainers 42 to 33.

Bahrain stands apart

Bahrain's All Share added 0.31% to 1,821.32. Seef Properties rose 1.57% and Aluminium Bahrain gained 1.53%. Dubai and Abu Dhabi do not trade on Sunday, so they had no rows in the session's table.

The closes are measured against Thursday 5 November, the previous trading session before the Gulf weekend. Reuters, carried by TradingView, reported that most Gulf markets started Sunday on the back foot as investors waited for signs of whether US President Donald Trump would order fresh attacks on Iran, with Saudi Arabia's benchmark down about 1% in early trading.

The Edge also noted that the Financial Times reported shrapnel hit the Riyadh tower hosting Saudi Aramco's office on Sunday, and said it had found no report linking the attack to the day's trading.

What to watch next

China publishes October consumer and producer prices on Monday 9 November at 01:30 GMT. Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Statistics publishes September industrial production on Tuesday 10 November, and the US Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the October consumer price index the same day at 13:30 GMT. This article is market news, not investment advice.