MIDEAST STOCKS-Markets retreat on weak oil, U.S. rate worries | Reuters:
"Middle East stock markets lost ground on Thursday after oil prices retreated and global equity prices fell on speculation the United States might raise interest rates as early as June.
The Saudi stock index dropped 0.6 percent in a broad-based decline as losers outnumbered gainers by 126 to 27.
Miner Ma'aden, which had been surging for several weeks on hopes it will benefit from an emphasis on developing the mining industry in Saudi Arabia's economic reform plan, dropped 2.2 percent.
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