Axios quoted an American official and a former Israeli official as saying: US Iran warned against launching a new attack on Israel and that Washington would not be able to restrain Israel if Tehran attacked it again.
Axios had previously reported that Israeli intelligence had indicated that Iran was preparing to attack Israel from Iraqi territory in the coming days, perhaps before the US presidential elections on November 5.
The Saudi index rose 0.2 percent, supported by a 3.2 percent rise in ACWA Power shares.
Among the other winners was the MBC Group stock, which jumped 10 percent, recording the daily maximum after Al Sustainability Holding Company signed a binding share sale and purchase agreement with the Saudi Public Investment Fund, according to which it will sell its entire stake in MBC to the fund.
In Qatar, the index fell 0.2 percent, affected by a 0.5 percent drop in the share of Qatar National Bank, the largest bank in the Gulf.
Outside the Gulf region, Egypt’s leading stock index rose 0.6 percent, with Commercial International Bank shares rising 1.3 percent.
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said today during a press conference with International Monetary Fund Director Kristalina Georgieva that the fourth review of the Fund’s program with Egypt will begin on Tuesday.
