Gulf investors grow nervous as unrest reaches closer to home | AHN

Investors in the Gulf region are getting the jitters as the turmoil in Bahrain brings closer to home the political risk enveloping the Middle East.

Dubai’s stocks dropped to the lowest level in almost six months on Monday, with the index shedding 1.3 percent to 1516.43. The Tadawul All Share Index in Saudi Arabia slipped 0.6 percent and Qatar’s QE Index fell 0.8 percent, bringing its total loss since mid-January to 8 percent.

Bahrain’s marker declined 0.4 percent.