dec 2 reuters  saudi arabian shares were little changed in morning trade on thursday as investors kept to the sidelines after the state news agency said the kingdom had reported its first case of the omicron covid19 variant qatari stocks meanwhile were supported by gains in the banking sector saudi arabias benchmark index tasi edged down 01 and was on track for its biggest weekly decline in three al rajhi bank 1120se and sulaiman alhabib medical services group 4013sedeclined 03 and 07 respectively losses were offset by an about 2 rise in saudi arabian mining 1211se this weeks losses mainly include a 45 drop on sunday triggered by the panic over the omicron variant that was first detected in south africa read more in qatar the index qsi was up 01 as qatar islamic bank qisbqa rose 08 and the gulfs largest lender qatar national bank qnbkqa gained 06 markets in the united arab emirates were closed for a public holiday reporting by maqsood alam in bengaluru editing by devika syamnath