June 9 (Reuters) – Stock markets in the Gulf were mixed in early trade on Tuesday, awaiting U.S. inflation data due the following day that will likely yield clues to any further aggressive Federal Reserve rate hikes.Saudi Arabia’s benchmark index (.TASI) edged up 0.1%, helped by a 1.4% rise in Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) (2010.SE) after the petrochemicals maker reported a 4% rise in second-quarter profit.SABIC reported a net profit of 7.93 billion riyals ($2.1 billion) in the three months to June 30, up from 7.