Outside the Gulf, Egypt's index .EGX30 added 0.6%, mainly driven by a 5.7% rise in tobacco firm Eastern Co EAST.CA, for a weekly gain of 4.6%. Saudi Arabian inflation rose to 3.4% in 2020, lifted by the tripling of value-added tax last year as the kingdom sought to boost state revenues hit by the coronavirus crisis and lower oil prices. In Abu Dhabi, the benchmark .ADI lost 0.5%, also its first blip during the week and only the second time it has slipped out of the 10 trading days in the new year.