Dowry Money Lost in Stock Market

MAKKAH, 6 March 2006 — A Saudi father never suspected that he would lose more than half of his daughter’s dowry money in less than two days, Al-Madinah daily reported. He wanted to invest his daughter’s dowry money in the stock market and double his profit. Instead with the market crashing last week, he lost more than half of the SR50,000 stake. Having learned a hard lesson, he sold one of his cars to make up for the loss and continued his daughter’s wedding.