jan 22 reuters  most major gulf markets ended higher on sunday reflecting fridays rise in oil prices driven by prospects that an upbeat economic growth outlook from china could signal increased fuel demand in the worlds secondlargest economy oil which fuels the regions economies settled up about 1 a barrel on friday with brent crude at 8763 a barrel up 147 or 17 the international energy agency iea said on wednesday that chinas lifting of covid19 restrictions should bring global demand to a record high this year opec also forecast a rebound in chinese demand saudi arabias benchmark index tasi rose 04 supported by a 15 gain in luxury real estate developer retal urban development 4322se and a 08 rise in oil giant aramco 2222se the qatari stock index qsi inched up 09 with almost all its constituent stocks in positive territory the gulfs biggest lender qatar national bank qnbkqa continued its rally with a 23 gain and qatar islamic bank qisbqa rose 13 outside the gulf egypts bluechip index egx30 added 03 helped by a 105 jump in housing and development bank hdbkca and a 21 gain in el sewedy electric swdyca