* GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks gain, US treasury yields rise as banking fear eases
* Oil prices soften; banking crisis and Chinese demand in focus
* PRECIOUS-Softer dollar buoys gold, but banking optimism limits safe-haven appeal
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Gulf markets mostly subdued despite rising oil prices
* Saudi Aramco boosts China investment with two refinery deals
* ANALYSIS-Iraq's ambition to match Saudi oil output is out of reach
* US will not back off Syria mission despite deadly attacks -White House
* White House welcomes Netanyahu delay in judicial overhaul, urges compromise EGYPT
* POLL-Egypt central bank seen raising interest rates by 200 bps
* Egypt's poultry sector reels from currency turmoil, driving up prices
* Sabaa International Company For Pharmaceutical & Chemical Industries FY Profit Falls
* Development And Engineering Consultants FY Consol Profit Rises SAUDI ARABIA
* Saudi National Bank chair resigns in wake of Credit Suisse loss
* Saudi Jan oil exports value down 1.7 % y/y - govt data
* Naba Alsaha Medical Services FY Profit Rises
* Saudi Advanced Industries FY Profit Rises
* Arabian Contracting Services Appoints Abdelelah Abdulrahman Saleh Alkhereiji As Chairman
* Saudi Industrial Investment Group Signs Agreement To Buy Shares In Unibio International UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* UAE central bank sees 4.3% economic growth in 2024 - state news agency
* Dar Al Takaful Shareholders Approve Changing Trade Name To Watania International Holding QATAR
* Qatar to introduce options, futures in new derivatives exchange - regulator BAHRAIN
* Bahrain reports growth of 4.9% for 2022
* Bahrain Q4 GDP +3.22 % q/q - govt data
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* Oman's OQ seeks bookrunners for gas pipelines IPO, sources
say
* Asaffa Foods Seeks Shareholders Approval On Unit A'saffa
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