march 3 reuters  markets in the middle east rose on thursday as investors chased resourceslinked assets with oil prices surging past levels last seen in feb 2013 brent crude topped 117 per barrel and is now up almost 20 on the week while everything coal to natural gas and aluminium was also in high demand as western nations tighten sanctions on russia asian shares eked out gains after reassuring comments from the federal reserve helped wall street bounce russian troops were in the centre of the ukrainian port of kherson on thursday after a day of conflicting claims over whether moscow had captured a major urban centre for the first time in its eightday invasion read more energyheavy saudi arabias benchmark share index tasi rose 07 with gains driven by oil giant saudi aramco which rose 34 to a record high of 445 riyals 2222se dubais main index dfmgi rose for the fifth consecutive session with gains of 09 dubai islamic bank disbdu was up 12 and emaar properties emardu trading 16 higher abu dhabis index ftfadgi was up 03 while the qatari index qsi was flat reporting by tanvi mehta in bengaluru editing by john stonestreet