Updates to closing prices

By Ateeq Shariff

July 1 (Reuters) - Gulf stock markets mostly closed in positive territory on Wednesday as negotiations between Iran and the United States to end the war continued.

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States was getting along very well with Iran and that recent meetings in Qatar went well.

The United States and Iran held technical talks in Doha as they worked to agree on shipping flows through the Strait of Hormuz and secure a lasting ceasefire, a source with direct knowledge of the discussions and an Iranian official said.

Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff met the prime minister of Qatar — a mediator in the talks alongside Pakistan — to lay groundwork for the ​negotiations, but would not be attending the discussions themselves, the source with direct knowledge of the talks said.

Saudi Arabia's benchmark index .TASI gained 0.5%, with the country's biggest lender Saudi National Bank 1180.SE rising 0.8%.

Elsewhere, oil major Saudi Aramco 2222.SE finished flat.

Meanwhile, tanker traffic through the strategically vital waterway Strait of Hormuz has begun to recover, with U.S. Vice President JD Vance saying oil flows through the strait had returned to pre-war levels.

Dubai's main share index .DFMGI rose 0.9%, with top lender Emirates NBD ENBD.DU gaining 1.6%.

In Abu Dhabi, the index .FTFADGI eased 0.2%.

The United Arab Emirates raised crude oil and condensate exports to a record in June, preliminary ship-tracking data from Kpler and Vortexa showed, weeks after the Gulf producer quit OPEC.

The surprise decision to end nearly 60 years of membership in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries on May 1, during the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, was aimed at unlocking greater value from its resources by freeing output from the group's quota system.

The Qatari index .QSI concluded 0.5% higher.

Outside the Gulf, Egypt's blue-chip index .EGX30 inched 0.1% higher.

Saudi Arabia	.TASI rose 0.5% to 10,857
Abu Dhabi	.FTFADGI eased 0.2% to 9,789
Dubai	.DFMGI gained 0.9% to 6,010
Qatar	.QSI added 0.5% to 10,291
Egypt	.EGX30 up 0.1% to 50,533
Bahrain	.BAX lost 0.1% to 2.040
Oman	.MSX30 increased 0.7% to 7,561
Kuwait	.BKP was up 0.2% to 9,099