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DUBAI, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Gulf stock markets may have a modestly firm tone on Sunday after rises in global equities at the end of last week.
On Friday Europe's broad FTSEurofirst 300 index
.FTEU3
closed up 1 percent and the Nasdaq Composite
.IXIC
added 0.5 percent to a record-high close. Brent crude futures
LCOc1
closed at $55.45 a barrel, roughly flat from their level when Gulf bourses closed on Thursday.
Two Omani banks posted earnings in line with analysts' estimates. Bank Muscat
BMAO.OM
, Oman's largest lender, posted a 1.3 percent increase in fourth-quarter net profit to 39.7 million rials ($103.2 million).
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Bank Dhofar
BDOF.OM
reported a 19.6 percent fall in fourth-quarter profit to 10.75 million rials.
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(Reporting by Celine Aswad; Editing by Andrew Torchia) ((celine.aswad@thomsonreuters.com; +971 4 4536886; Reuters Messaging: celine.aswad.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
On Friday Europe's broad FTSEurofirst 300 index
Two Omani banks posted earnings in line with analysts' estimates. Bank Muscat
Bank Dhofar
(Reporting by Celine Aswad; Editing by Andrew Torchia) ((celine.aswad@thomsonreuters.com; +971 4 4536886; Reuters Messaging: celine.aswad.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))