DUBAI - Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Sunday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.

INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL

* GLOBAL MARKETS-Wall Street muted on jobs growth as taper, Delta fears weigh

* Oil falls in biggest weekly decline in months on demand worries

* PRECIOUS-Gold slides over 2% as robust jobs data strengthens Fed taper bets

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Major Gulf bourses shrug off geopolitical tensions

* Hardline cleric Raisi sworn in as Iran president amid tensions with West 

* Iran denies role in tanker attack, says seeks Gulf security 

* Hezbollah chief Nasrallah says Beirut port explosion investigator biased 

* In rare challenge, Hezbollah fighters held after rocket launch 

* Lebanon's Mikati reports progress, albeit slow, towards forming government

* Lebanese prosecutor requests documents from Salameh, source says

* Tunisian president’s feud with party elites drove him to seize reins of power 

* Tunisia puts Ennahda official under house arrest, colleague says 

* UAE says it supports Tunisian president's decisions 

* Tunisia's annual inflation rate rises to 6.4% in July 

* Lebanon's Hezbollah and Israel trade fire amid Iran tensions 

* Israel names president's brother as U.S. envoy, points to Iran experience 

* Iraq procures 3.365 mln tonnes of local wheat in harvest 

EGYPT

* Egypt's central bank keeps key interest rates unchanged -statement 

SAUDI ARABIA

* Saudi Arabia opens Umrah pilgrimage to vaccinated worshipers from abroad - SPA

* Saudi Aramco says Qassim petroleum products distribution station back to work - state media 

* Saudi customs authority cancels wheat 'protection fee' -SAGO 

* Saud's SABIC expects strong H2 after $2 bln quarterly profit

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* Dubai courier firm Aramex Q2 profit falls 31% on pandemic hit

* Mubadala buys unit of Brazil's Renova for $213 mln -filing 

KUWAIT

* Kuwait's emir appoints KIA board for four years - KUNA 

* Kuwait's 2020-21 budget deficit increases 175% to record 10.8 bln dinars 

BAHRAIN

* Bahrain bans entry from Georgia, Ukraine and Malawi over coronavirus concerns -BNA

QATAR

* Qatar Airways says regulator grounds 13 of its Airbus A350s over surface issue 

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