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

INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL

* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia shares look to China for recovery lead, earnings in focus 

* Brent crude edges up as optimism over economy trumps demand concerns 

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Abu Dhabi market leads broader gains 

* PRECIOUS-Gold gains as dollar eases off four-week high 

* Lebanon's COVID-19 spike overwhelms battered hospitals and exhausted doctors

* Young Tunisians clash with police days after revolution anniversary

* Israel sharing COVID-19 data with Pfizer to help fine-tune vaccine rollout 

* Bank of Israel seeks to prevent 'over-appreciation' of shekel -deputy governor 

* Five of six Bank of Israel MPC members voted to keep rate at 0.1%, minutes show 

* Britain "seriously concerned" by Israel's approval for new settler homes 

* Algeria tenders to buy a nominal 50,000 T of milling wheat 

 

EGYPT

* Egypt reopens two Mediterranean ports after weather improves 

 

SAUDI ARABIA

* Saudis vowed to stop executing minors; some death sentences remain, rights groups 

* Saudi petrochemicals giant SABIC hires NCB for speciality chemicals unit IPO -sources 

* Saudi Arabia allows broadcast by Qatar-based beIN Sports TV channel 

* Saudi Arabia hosts Israelis for Dakar Rally after diplomatic inroads 

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* Dubai airline Emirates offers Pfizer, Sinopharm vaccines to staff 

* UAE, Israel postpone visa exemption deal over COVID-19 worries 

 

QATAR

* Qatari bank sees gradual growth in Saudi after end of rift 

* Qatar's foreign minister wants Gulf Arab nations to talk with Iran - Bloomberg 

 

KUWAIT

* Kuwait emir accepts cabinet resignation in government-assembly standoff 

 

BAHRAIN

* Bahrain says it attracted $885 mln in investment in 2020 

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