a general view shows the dubai financial market after joe biden wins us presidency in dubai united arab emirates november 8 2020 reuterschristopher pikefile photo nov 23 reuters  saudi arabian shares closed higher on tuesday snapping three straight sessions of losses while major gulf stock markets ended the day mixed saudi arabias benchmark index tarsi closed about 08 higher after three days of declines triggered by regional tensions with yemens iranaligned houthis who claimed responsibility for drone attacks in several parts of the kingdom including at saudi aramco facilities in jeddah read more marketheavyweight al rjahi bank 1120se rose 21 and saudi arabian mining 1211se jumped 45 while the oil giant saudi aramco 2222se gained 1 in abu dhabi the index adi gained nearly 08 as emirates telecommunications group etisalatetisalatad increased 28 and international holding company ihcad rose 2 etisalat rose for a third straight day riding on last weeks agreement to acquire dubaibased grocery delivery platform elgrocer dmcc the dubai index dfmgi fell 09 in its third straight day of decline as property and financial shares weighed the most emaar properties emardu which completed a merger with its shopping malls operator unit emaar malls fell 2 while lenders dubai islamic bank and emirates nbd enbddu dropped 19 and 18 respectively outside the gulf the egyptian bluechip index egx30 edged up 01 real estate investor tmg holding tmghca and investment bank efg hermes holdings hrhoca climbed 25 and 16 respectively however the gains were capped by a 06 fall in the countrys largest lender commercial international bank egypt comica reporting by maqsood alam in bengaluru editing by ramakrishnan m