An investors sits in the Kuwait Stock Exchange
An investors sits in the Kuwait Stock Exchange October 5, 2008. Kuwait and Qatar's benchmarks make their biggest one-day decline in almost three weeks, taking their cue from a fall in global markets following a $700 billion U.S. plan to lift the ailing financial system. Qatar's benchmark lost 6.98 percent to 8,664 points and Kuwait's measure fell 3.59 percent to 12,379 points. Both made their sharpest single-day drop since Sept. 15. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee (KUWAIT)