a saudi trader observes the stock market on monitors at falcom stock exchange agency in riyadh saudi arabia february 7 2018 reutersfaisal al nasser march 30 reuters  dubais main share index rallied for a seventh consecutive session on wednesday after state utility dewa increased its initial public offering ipo size to raise as much as 57 billion while saudi arabian stocks edged lower dubai electricity and water authority dewa said it had raised its ipo size to 17 from 65 which could make it the biggest public sharesale for the region since saudi aramcos 2222se record 294 billion issue in 2019 read more dubais index dfmgi rose 08 boosted by real estate and financial stocks emaar properties emardu climbed 2 financial investment services provider shuaa capital shuadu advanced 2 after it said it will buy allianz marine and logistics services holding global markets gained amid hopes for a negotiated end to the ukraine conflict while bond markets signalled concerns about the us economy overnight after 10year yields briefly dipped below twoyear rates oil prices advanced to 11109 a barrel while prospects of new western sanctions against russia grew despite signs of progress in peace talks with ukraine russia promised on tuesday to scale down military operations around kyiv and another city but the united states warned the threat was not over as ukraine proposed adopting a neutral status in a sign of progress at facetoface negotiations read more shares of bindawood holding 4161se fell 3 after the company posted a lower fourthquarter profit the abu dhabi index ftfadgi fell marginally pausing its sixday spree of gains the qatari index qsi also edged lower with industrial stocks leading the losses reporting by tanvi mehta in bengaluru editing by rashmi aich