The bank said it made SAR1.66 billion ($442.6 million) in the three months ending September 30, compared with SAR1.71 billion in the same period a year earlier.
Last year a prosecutor said he was seeking to convict Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr for “aiding terrorists” and “waging war on God”, which carry the death penalty.
The controversy underlines how Saudi Arabia’s conservative brand of Islam can complicate economic decision-making in the Kingdom.
The bank said it made SAR1.08 billion ($280 million) in the three months ending September 30, compared with SAR998 million in the same period of 2013, according to a bourse filing.
The assailant, who was wounded in the attack and then detained, is a Saudi national who was born in the United States.
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE recalled their ambassadors to Qatar in March, accusing Doha of failing to abide by an accord not to interfere in each other’s internal affairs.
The IEA forecast that the Middle East’s net oil product exports will reach nearly one million barrels per day in 2015.
Brent crude oil touched just above $88 a barrel on Tuesday – its lowest in almost four years.
Shi’ite Muslim Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia are enmeshed in a struggle for influence across the Middle East and they support opposing sides in political disputes across the region.
The lender said it made SAR461.8 million ($123.1 million) in the three months to September 30 compared with SAR433.3 million in the corresponding quarter of 2013.
Strikes destroyed a machine gun firing position, a militant unit, damaged a staging location and several buildings.
The bank said it made SAR926 million ($246.9 million) in the three months ending September 30, compared with SAR685 million in the same period a year earlier.
The Saudis now appear to be betting that a period of lower prices will be necessary to pave the way for higher revenue in the medium term.
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Dubai plunged 6.7 per cent, Abu Dhabi slid 2.1 per cent and Qatar dropped 2.7 per cent.
Almarai made a profit of SAR539.4 million ($143.8 million) in the three months to Sept. 30, up from SAR475.6 million in the year-earlier period
The lack of a Saudi cut could add to perceptions of traders and analysts that the Kingdom is looking to defend market share, not prices.
Biden earlier apologised to Turkey and the UAE for saying that regional US allies were partly to blame for the rise of IS in Syria.
Prince Alwaleed said he was “impressed” by Narendra Modi’s speech when he was in the US.
The SABB HSBC Saudi Arabia Purchasing Managers’ Index climbed to a seasonally adjusted 61.8 points in September, its highest level since June 2011.
About three million Muslims, among them 1.4 million from abroad, are expected to perform haj this year.
The capture of Yemen’s capital Sanaa by Houthi fighters, who have ties with Iran, has jolted Saudi Arabia.
The bank will sell 300 million shares to Saudi individual investors and 200 million shares to the state-run Public Pension Agency at a price of SAR45 per share.
The move comes amid calls from some within the OPEC for action to shore up prices, as international benchmark Brent crude oil has slumped to a two-year low.
The policeman was shot and wounded by unknown assailants while stationed at a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of al-Awamiya late on Monday night.
The seven contracts are to build stations and lay cables for the rail system in the Saudi capital.
The two brands being launched by Virgin Mobile Middle East and Africa are Virgin Mobile, aimed at the youth market, and Friendi Mobile, targeting Saudi’s expatriate workers.
The Saudi Arabian national is being treated in an isolation ward in a hospital while all people she had been in contact with would be checked for symptoms, a health ministry official said.
Bullishness towards Saudi Arabia, which peaked in the July survey due to the announcement of stock market opening to foreign investment, has been declining.
Viva said the launch of its next-generation mobile network – which allows web download speeds several times faster than its predecessor 3G – will help boost its revenues.