an investor monitors a screen displaying stock information at the abu dhabi securities exchange june 25 2014 june 8 reuters  major stock markets in the gulf rebounded on wednesday after oil prices drifted higher on expectations of solid demand and low inventories brent crude futures for august had risen 21 cents or 02 to 12079 a barrel by 0413 gmt after closing on tuesday at the highest since may 31 read more among global equities mscis broadest index of asiapacific shares outside japan miapj0000pus rose 09 narrowing from morning gains but recouping most of its losses in the previous session while japans nikkei 225 n225 index was up 08 read more dubais main share index dfmgi rose 1 bolstered by a 23 jump in the bluechip developer emaar properties emardu and a 11 hike in the countrys top lender emirates nbd enbddu saudi arabias benchmark index tasi gained 03 supported by banking and petrochemical stocks the kingdoms largest lender saudi national bank 1180se rose 08 and riyad bank 1010se was up 11 oil giant saudi aramco 2222se rose 06 after registering a 12 fall in the previous session in abu dhabi equities ftfadgi gained 05 with the countrys largest lender first abu dhabi bank fabad rising 11 among other stocks conglomerate international holding company ihcad rose 01 on its unit ihc food holdings decision to acquire a 25 stake in invictus trading fze qatar has picked exxon mobil corp  totalenergies se ttefpa royal dutch shell shell and conocophillips copn as partners in the expansion of the worlds largest liquefied natural gas lng project people with knowledge of the matter said on tuesday read more the north field expansion will boost qatars lng output by 64 by 2027 strengthening its position as the worlds top lng exporter and help to guarantee long term supply of gas to europe reporting by mohd edrees in bengaluru editing by shailesh kuber