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 14 reuters  middle eastern stock markets fell on monday with saudis main share index tasi trading lower for a fourth straight session as weak oil prices dampened risk sentiment for the region oil prices shed as much as 4 a barrel extending losses from last week as diplomatic efforts to end the war in ukraine were stepped up and markets braced for us rate hikes brent crude futures were last down by 305 or 27 at 10962 a barrel at 0351 gmt most share markets firmed and oil prices slid on hopes for progress in russianukraine peace talks while bond markets braced for a rate increase in the united states and uk this week ukrainian and russian negotiators are set to talk again on monday via video link after both sides cited progress read more energyheavy saudi arabias benchmark share index tasi fell 04 with oil giant saudi aramco 2222se down nearly 1 shares of aramco have risen more than 10 so far this year as crude prices soared for days after moscow invaded its neighbour russias invasion which moscow calls a special operation has roiled energy markets globally iran has suspended talks with regional rival saudi arabia a website affiliated to irans top security body reported on sunday without giving a reason for the decision that comes as a fifth round of negotiations was due to start this week read more dubais main share index dfmgi fell 04 pressured by a 2 slump in top lender emirates nbd enbddu and a 08 drop in shariacompliant lender dubai islamic bank disbdu in abu dhabi the index ftfadgi was down 04 hit by a 13 decline in the countrys largest lender first abu dhabi bank fabad the qatari index qsi eased 02 with barwa real estate co bresqa sliding about 6 reporting by karina dsouza in bengaluru editing by sherry jacobphillips