traders wait at the bahrain bourse after joe biden won the us presidency in manama bahrain november 8 2020 reutershamad i mohammed aug 31 reuters  most major stock markets in the gulf fell in early trade on tuesday although the saudi index bucked the trend to edge up ahead of an opec meeting the organization of the petroleum exporting countries and allies including russia collectively known as opec will meet on wednesday to discuss the previously agreed increase of 400000 barrels per day bpd for the next several months the group is likely to keep its oil output policy unchanged and continue with its planned modest production increase three opec sources told reuters read more saudi arabias benchmark index tasi gained 02 helped by a 07 rise in saudi national bank 1180se and a 02 increase in al rajhi bank 1120se in abu dhabi the index adi dropped 05 with emirates telecommunications group etisalatad losing 13 and abu dhabi national hotels company adnh adnhad diving about 10 abu dhabi stateowned holding company adq has withdrawn an offer to combine abu dhabi national hotels company adnh with abu dhabi national exhibitions company adnec adnh said in a bourse filing read more adq said in june it had submitted an offer to adnh to combine it with adnec the exhibitions company to create one of the largest hospitality events and catering powerhouses in the region with assets of around 20 billion dirhams 545 billion adnh did not disclose why the offer was withdrawn dubais main share index dfmgi fell 02 hit by a 06 fall in shariacompliant lender dubai islamic bank disbdu and a 04 drop in emirates nbd bank enbddu dubai islamic bank is planning to soon sell us dollardenominated senior sukuk or islamic bonds reuters reported on tuesday citing two sources read more several issuers from the gulf are expected to return to the international debt markets in the next few weeks following a lull in activity over the summer bankers said reporting by ateeq shariff in bengaluru editing by pravin char