Saudi stocks slip after attack on Aramco building

Major Gulf stock markets were mixed in early trading today, with shares in ​Saudi Arabia falling after an attack ⁠on an Aramco site ⁠heightened concerns over the escalating conflict ​between the kingdom and Yemen's Houthis. Saudi Arabia's benchmark index fell ⁠0.7 per cent, dragged down by a 1.3 per cent drop in Saudi National Bank, the country's biggest lender by assets. Aramco shed 0.5 per cent.