MIDEAST STOCKS-Saudi bourse may be soft before economic reform announcement

Saudi Arabia's stock market may remain weak on Monday before the announcement in the evening of details of the kingdom's economic reform plan. The National Transformation Plan (NTP), a key part of efforts to restructure the Saudi economy and make it less dependent on oil revenue, will be put before the cabinet for approval on Monday, a senior Saudi source told Reuters. Details of the NTP will be disclosed in daily news conferences with government ministers starting on Monday evening.