 day winning streak GCC economies expected to shrink by 7.6 this year - IMF Qatar aims to further ease coronavirus curbs from July 1 By Ateeq Shariff June 30 Reuters - Most major Gulf stock markets fell onTuesday, with Saudi leading losses on the back of declines infinancial shares. Saudi Arabias benchmark index dropped 0.9, with AlRajhi Bank down 1.1 while Samba Financial Group fell 2.7, ending three sessions of gains spurred byan initial merger agreement with National Commercial Bank NCB. NCB, the kingdoms biggest lender, was down 0.3. A senior International Monetary Fund official said onTuesday that Gulf Cooperation Council GCC countries will seetheir economies shrink by 7.6 this year amid low oil prices andthe new coronavirus crisis. Dubais main share index fell 0.7, with most ofits constituents lower. Blue-chip developer Emaar Properties declined 2.2, while sharia-compliant lender DubaiIslamic Bank was down 1. Fitch Ratings on Tuesday said Islamic banks in the UnitedArab Emirates are not isolated from low oil prices and thecoronavirus pandemic. In Qatar, which has the second highest tally of coronavirusinfections among the six Gulf Arab states, the indexdropped 0.6, with Qatar National Bank down 1.3. The Gulf state aims to further ease coronavirus curbs fromJuly 1, allowing the limited reopening of restaurants, beachesand parks as the infection rate subsides, authorities said. Qatar has also announced that from Aug. 1, it will permitflights from low-risk countries to resume, malls to operate atfull capacity and other markets at limited capacity. The Abu Dhabi index added 0.2, helped by a 1.8 risein the countrys largest lender First Abu Dhabi Bank. Outside the Gulf, Egypts blue-chip index edged up0.1, with developer Talaat Mostafa gaining 1.2 SAUDI ARABIA lost 0.9 to 7,224 points ABU DHABI rose 0.2 to 4,286 points DUBAI fell 0.7 to 2,065 points QATAR eased 0.6 to 8,999 points EGYPT up 0.1 to 10,765 points BAHRAIN was flat at 1,278 points OMAN lost 0.1 to 3,516 points KUWAIT down 0.2 at 5,607 points Reporting by Ateeq Shariff in Bengaluru; Editing by KirstenDonovan 