 sources Egypt lifts night curfew, eases restrictions from Saturday By Ateeq Shariff June 24 Reuters - Saudi Arabian shares ended lower onWednesday, following the kingdoms decision to bar visitors fromabroad from the annual haj pilgrimage due to the coronavirus,while the Egyptian bourse advanced with broad-based gains amongits constituents. Saudi Arabias benchmark index was down 0.7, hurtby a 1.9 fall in Al Rajhi Bank and a 1.4 decline inpetrochemical firm Saudi Basic Industries. The kingdom is to limit the number of domestic haj pilgrimsto around 1,000 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, afterbarring Muslims abroad from the rite for the first year inmodern times. Official data showed that Saudi Arabia earns around 12billion a year from haj and the year-round pilgrimage umrah. Egypts blue-chip index closed 2.6, with 27 of the30 stocks in the index rising, including heavyweight CommercialInternational Bank, which advanced 2. Egypt will from Saturday lift a night-time curfew that hadbeen in force since March 25 to curb the spread of the novelcoronavirus, and reopen restaurants, cafes, and places ofworship, albeit with limits on the numbers visiting, thegovernment said. Dubais main share index fell 1, withsharia-compliant lender Dubai Islamic Bank shedding1.8 and Emirates NBD Bank losing 1.1. Emirates NBD began cutting hundreds of jobs this week afterthe impact of the coronavirus crisis accelerated plannedlay-offs, Reuters reported, citing three sources. Although the full scale of the redundancies was notimmediately clear, one source estimated that the lender iscutting some 10 of its staff, equivalent to around 800 people. The Abu Dhabi index edged up 0.2, helped by a 4.7gain in aquaculture firm International Holding. Qatars index was down 0.4, with petrochemical firmIndustries Qatar declining 1.2 and Qatar Islamic Bank easing 0.7. SAUDI ARABIA eased 0.7 to 7,213 points ABU DHABI up 0.2 to 4,330 points DUBAI fell 1 to 2,099 points QATAR lost 0.4 to 9,226 points EGYPT up 2.6 to 11,040 points BAHRAIN was flat at 1,281 points OMAN was flat at 3,525 points KUWAIT gained 1.5 at 5,669 points Reporting by Ateeq Shariff in Bengaluru; editing by EmeliaSithole-Matarise 