Wall Street Journal | Persian Gulf Region's Stock Prices Tumble on Oil Market's Slide Wall Street Journal DUBAI—Prices of Persian Gulf stocks closed sharply lower on Thursday, joining a global rout of financial markets, as sliding oil prices have heightened concern about the region's petroleum-dependent economies. The stock market in Saudi Arabia, the ... Saudi Arabia state-owned oil giant may go public Saudis mull IPO of world's biggest oil producer Saudi Arabia's Next Oil Game Changer: A Saudi Aramco IPO |