FILE PHOTO: A trader looks on near electronic boards showing stock market data at Bahrain Bourse after Joe Biden won the U.S. presidency, in Manama, Bahrain, November 8, 2020. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
Most major Gulf stocks rise; Qatar slips Middle East & Africa Ateeq Shariff (Reuters) - Most major stock markets in the Gulf recovered some losses on Tuesday, a day after registering steep declines caused by fears about a highly infectious new strain of COVID-19. The new variant of the virus is spreading rapidly in Britain and drawing high levels of concern among other countries, many of which have cut transport links.