Investment
Saudi Arabia has one stock exchange the Tadawul and its financial markets are regulated by the Capital Market Authority (Saudi Arabia). The stock market capitalisation of listed companies in Saudi Arabia was valued at $646 billion in 2005 by the World Bank.
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