Nov 23 (Reuters) - Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.

INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL

* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks share some Wall St joy, US yields a burden

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Saudi shares rebound, outperform rest of Gulf

* Oil prices edge up on anticipation of OPEC-led production cut

* PRECIOUS-Gold steady, marks time ahead of Fed minutes

* Middle East Crude-January Murban trades at discount

* Moody's says 2017 outlook for EMEA non-financial companies stable

* U.S. grants second Airbus license to sell planes to Iran

* Russian tankers defy EU ban to smuggle jet fuel to Syria - sources

* Algerian parliament endorses spending cuts, higher taxes for 2017

* Mideast aluminium producers dismiss Trump talk, target U.S. exports

* Houthi missile arsenal holds a key to future Yemen peace

* European lawmakers call for end to Turkey membership talks

* From soldiers to midwives, Turkey dismisses 15,000 more after coup bid

* Sudan inflation rises to 19.6 pct in October

* In Mosul camps, traders profit as aid falls short

* Senior German lawmaker worried by Trump's lack of Middle East policy

* Syria tells Russia it needs fuel and wheat, wants more trade

* Morocco inflation eases to 1.6 pct year/year in October

EGYPT

* Currency drop hits Egypt's medicine supplies, angering public

* Egypt's bourse halts trading in shares of Abu Dhabi Islamic Egypt after CEO death

* Egypt court overturns life sentence against ex-president Mursi

* Egypt's Orascom Construction Q3 net income rises

SAUDI ARABIA

* HSBC said to advise Saudi pension fund on financial hub sale- Bloomberg

* Saudi Arabia aims to triple mining revenue by 2030 - minister

* Saudi builder Khodari puts value of delayed work at $96.6 mln

* Four charged with plotting to assassinate late Saudi king-media

* Saudi September imports, non-oil exports fall sharply

* Acwa Power mandates banks for investor meetings ahead of potential bond

* Saudi Investment Bank closes 500 million riyals sukuk

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* UAE's EGA loads first bauxite sample to China from Guinea mine

* Bank of Singapore to open branch in Dubai's financial hub

* Abu Dhabi's UNB setting up new Islamic Insurance joint venture

* UAE's Etihad Airways sets pricing guidance for planned 5-year sukuk

QATAR

* Fitch Affirms CBQ's IDR at 'A+'; Downgrades VR to 'bbb-'

KUWAIT

* Moody's affirms Kuwait Investment Company's Ba2 rating; stable outlook



OMAN

* Oman budget deficit swells to $11.5 bln in January-September

* Higher fuel prices boost Oman inflation in October

BAHRAIN

* Food prices drag Bahrain inflation lower in October

* Bahrain's Arcapita buys U.S. senior citizen housing for $110 mln

* Investcorp buys stake in Saudi Arabia's Al Borg Medical Laboratories

(Compiled by Dubai newsroom) ((dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com;))