MIDEAST STOCKS-Gulf may remain soft on oil, global shares

Stock markets in the Gulf look set to remain soft on Thursday after international bourses and oil markets slipped, partly because of fears that Britain might leave the European Union in next week's referendum. Brent oil futures are trading at $48.57 per barrel, down 0.8 percent from their last close, while MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was last down 0.9 percent. On Wednesday, some investors in Saudi Arabia's stock market sold after index compiler MSCI's decision not