july 10 reuters  stock markets in the gulf ended mixed on monday after a fall in oil prices and financial shares dragged down the qatari index while dubai stocks closed at a nearly eightyear high qatars benchmark index qsi declined 16 as most of its biggest stocks were in negative territory including the gulfs biggest lender qatar national bank qnbkqa  which fell 28 qatar national bank reported a 4 drop in secondquarter net profit to 37 billion riyals 102 billion ahmed negm head of market research mena at xscom said the fall in heavyweight banking stocks could mean the market is exposed to new rounds of losses however a positive performance in natural gas markets could help limit the decline he said banking falls also hit saudi arabias benchmark index tasi  which dropped 02 after a 06 decline in al rajhi bank 1120se  while saudi national bank 1180se eased 01 the kingdoms largest lender wanted to increase its stake in credit suisse to around 40 from 988 but was prevented by swiss regulator finma blick newspaper reported on sunday ubs ubsgs completed the emergency takeover of credit suisse last month forging a swiss banking and wealth management giant with a 16 trillion balance sheet and overseeing more than 5 trillion in assets the deal converted saudi national banks stake in credit suisse into just 05 of ubs in abu dhabi the index ftfadgi fell 02 oil prices  a catalyst for the gulfs financial markets  dipped after weak economic data from top consumers the united states and china although expected crude supply cuts from saudi arabia and russia limited losses dubais main share index dfmgi rose 04 hitting its highest in nearly 8 years led by a 42 jump in emirates central cooling systems corp empowerdu  outside the gulf egypts bluechip index egx30 advanced 25 ending four sessions of losses buoyed by a 20 surge in misr fertilizers production co mfpcca  1  36404 qatar riyals