a trader looks on near electronic boards showing stock market data at bahrain bourse after joe biden won the us presidency in manama bahrain november 8 2020 reutershamad i mohammed march 3 reuters  middle east stock markets rose on thursday boosted by energy and commodity linked assets as oil prices neared 120 a barrel and the cost of other resources soared the ukraine war has triggered a dash for commodities that could be in short supply while stock markets slipped as investors worried about higher inflation and slowing economic growth brent crude oil is now up nearly 20 on the week while everything from coal to natural gas and aluminium are surging as western nations tighten sanctions on russia following its invasion of ukraine russia calls its actions a special operation sanctions are pushing oil importers to look elsewhere for supplies at a time when the market is already struggling with rising demand and the sluggish supply policy laid out by opec said daniel takieddine ceo mena at bdswiss saudi arabias benchmark share index tasi ended 08 higher with gains driven by saudi aramco which rose to a record high of 45 riyals and ended the session up nearly 3 dubais main index dfmgi rose for the fifth consecutive session with gains of 04 heavyweights emirates nbd bank enbddu and emirates integrated telecommunications company dudu boosted the index abu dhabis index ftfadgi was up 07 while the qatari index qsi rose 02 industries qatar iqcdqa was the top percentage gainer and closed the session up 3 reporting by tanvi mehta in bengaluru editing by kirsten donovan