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DUBAI - 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-Stocks, debt yields slip on U.S. CPI, poor bond auction
* Oil rises nearly 2% as investors size up tight market
* PRECIOUS-Gold flat as firm dollar offsets jump in US inflation
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Most major Gulf bourses gain, tracking oil prices; Qatar eases
* OPEC+ impasse means tight oil market now, volatility ahead, says IEA
* Iranian commander urged escalation against US forces at Iraq meeting, sources say
* Anger mounts after 92 die in fire on Iraq COVID ward
* Senior Afghan leaders to travel to Doha for talks with Taliban
EGYPT
* Ever Given container ship leaves Egyptian waters - source
* Egypt's GASC seeks wheat in tender for shipment Sept. 11-20
* Egypt studying sustainable development bonds - finance minister
* CI Capital Board Approves Offer From Banque Misr To Buy Stake In CI Consumer Finance
SAUDI ARABIA
* Saudi Ma'aden signs deal for calcined petroleum coke for aluminium plant
* Nadec Signs SPA For Acquisition Of Second Milling Company
* Arabian Centres looks to top up Islamic bonds deal
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* UAE's flydubai cuts Boeing MAX order by 65, citing post-COVID plans
* Masdar Signs Agreements With Government Of Uzbekistan To Develop 440 MW Solar Projects
* NBF Says Totalenergies Signs $34 Mln Financing With Apicorp and NBF
QATAR
* Atos, Ooredoo Deliver Cybersecurity Services To Qatar's National Smart City Program
* Masraf Al Rayan H1 Profit Rises
* Qatar's 2020 Trade Surplus Down 41.3% Y/Y
KUWAIT
* Agility Says DHgate Signs Agreement With Agility’S Shipa Freight
* Middle East Crude-Benchmarks edge up; ONGC closes Sept-loading Sokol tender
OMAN
* Oman Qatar Insurance H1 Profit Rises
* Oman's Sharqiyah Desalination H1 Profit Falls
BAHRAIN
* Bahrain bans entry from 16 new countries including Iran, Tunisia and Indonesia -BNA
(Compiled by Dubai newsroom) ((dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))