MIDEAST STOCKS-Rebound in oil may lift Gulf markets

A rebound in crude oil prices may lift Gulf stock markets on Thursday as investors return to buy back beaten-down shares. A late rebound in oil prices helped Saudi Arabia's stock market close higher on Wednesday, but other Gulf bourses closed earlier in the day before oil began its bounce-back. "The Gulf bourses are humming the same tune as oil prices," said a Riyadh-based equity analyst.