DUBAI - Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Thursday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.
INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL
* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks reach record highs after Wall St surge, dollar edges back
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Big Qatar banks diverge on Q4 earnings in mixed Gulf
* Oil edges up on falling US crude inventories, but supply remains ample
* PRECIOUS-Gold hits 1-week low as dollar picks up
* Middle East Crude-Dubai slips to lowest in more than a month
* Turkey says could act in Syria unless Washington withdraws support for Kurdish force
* Morocco needs dialogue on inflationary flexible dirham, official says
* U.S. signals open-ended presence in Syria, seeks patience on Assad's removal
* Trump denies U.S. embassy to be moved to Jerusalem within a year
* U.N. chief says don't harm Iran nuclear deal over unrelated issues
* Sovereign investor 2017 deal values down 24 pct at $72 bln
* Uber's mideast rival Careem holds IPO talks with banks - Bloomberg
* Libyan dinar climbs steeply against dollar on parallel market
* Schools, health could be hit by US cut for Palestinian refugee funds-UNRWA chief
* Borsa Istanbul chairman says still aims for IPO in Q2
EGYPT
* Marubeni, Abu Dhabi's Masdar in $900 million Egypt wind plan- Bloomberg
* Egypt to issue dollar-denominated Eurobond in first half of Feb - minister
SAUDI ARABIA
* Banks expected to share tiny proportion of mammoth Saudi Aramco IPO
* Saudi Arabia deposits $2 bln in Yemen central bank to back currency
* Sale process for Saudi flour mills to be announced in Q2-adviser
* Kingdom Holding Signs 620 MLN Riyals Infrastructure Networks Contract
* Saudi government announces tender to build 60 schools, ease burden on state
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* EXCLUSIVE-Weeks of talks fail to resolve Dana Gas sukuk dispute - sources
* Abu Dhabi's Masdar seals $188 mln funding for Jordan solar project
* Dubai Islamic Bank weighs capital-raising in 2018 -CEO
* Emirates NBD hires StanChart for potential Formosa bond -sources
* TABLE-UAE's Fujairah oil inventory data for week ended Jan 15
QATAR
* Qatar Airways says offered 25 pct stake by U.S. startup airline
KUWAIT
* Kuwait's Jazeera Airways load factor rose to 74.5 pct in 2017 - CEO
* Kuwait's ALAFCO considers issuing Islamic bond - CEO
* Kuwait oil minister says so far no plan to exit oil cuts
(Compiled by Dubai newsroom)
INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL
* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks reach record highs after Wall St surge, dollar edges back
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Big Qatar banks diverge on Q4 earnings in mixed Gulf
* Oil edges up on falling US crude inventories, but supply remains ample
* PRECIOUS-Gold hits 1-week low as dollar picks up
* Middle East Crude-Dubai slips to lowest in more than a month
* Turkey says could act in Syria unless Washington withdraws support for Kurdish force
* Morocco needs dialogue on inflationary flexible dirham, official says
* U.S. signals open-ended presence in Syria, seeks patience on Assad's removal
* Trump denies U.S. embassy to be moved to Jerusalem within a year
* U.N. chief says don't harm Iran nuclear deal over unrelated issues
* Sovereign investor 2017 deal values down 24 pct at $72 bln
* Uber's mideast rival Careem holds IPO talks with banks - Bloomberg
* Libyan dinar climbs steeply against dollar on parallel market
* Schools, health could be hit by US cut for Palestinian refugee funds-UNRWA chief
* Borsa Istanbul chairman says still aims for IPO in Q2
EGYPT
* Marubeni, Abu Dhabi's Masdar in $900 million Egypt wind plan- Bloomberg
* Egypt to issue dollar-denominated Eurobond in first half of Feb - minister
SAUDI ARABIA
* Banks expected to share tiny proportion of mammoth Saudi Aramco IPO
* Saudi Arabia deposits $2 bln in Yemen central bank to back currency
* Sale process for Saudi flour mills to be announced in Q2-adviser
* Kingdom Holding Signs 620 MLN Riyals Infrastructure Networks Contract
* Saudi government announces tender to build 60 schools, ease burden on state
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* EXCLUSIVE-Weeks of talks fail to resolve Dana Gas sukuk dispute - sources
* Abu Dhabi's Masdar seals $188 mln funding for Jordan solar project
* Dubai Islamic Bank weighs capital-raising in 2018 -CEO
* Emirates NBD hires StanChart for potential Formosa bond -sources
* TABLE-UAE's Fujairah oil inventory data for week ended Jan 15
QATAR
* Qatar Airways says offered 25 pct stake by U.S. startup airline
KUWAIT
* Kuwait's Jazeera Airways load factor rose to 74.5 pct in 2017 - CEO
* Kuwait's ALAFCO considers issuing Islamic bond - CEO
* Kuwait oil minister says so far no plan to exit oil cuts
(Compiled by Dubai newsroom)