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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 surges on jobs data, global equity markets regain ground
* Oil surges after OPEC+ holds cuts, strong U.S. jobs growth
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Dubai bourse leads most of Gulf lower
* PRECIOUS-Gold holds near 9-month low as yields, dollar gain further
* Pope, on Iraq visit, decries violence in the name of God as 'greatest blasphemy'
* Turkey's pro-Kurdish party says it will regroup if hit by court ban
* Irish foreign minister to meet Iran's Rouhani on nuclear deal
* US denies report of potential sanctions on Lebanese central bank chief
* In revival of street movement, Algerians protest for second Friday
* Lebanon on edge as protests persist, caretaker PM pleads for new government
EGYPT
* Egypt's Sisi ups pressure for Ethiopia dam deal on Sudan visit
* Egypt gets $440 mln World Bank loan to support rail network
SAUDI ARABIA
* Saudi Arabia to lift most coronavirus-related curbs on Sunday - SPA
* Saudi-led coalition destroyed two explosives-laden drones -state TV
* Saudi-led coalition says it downed six Houthi drones fired at Khamis Mushait
* 'I'll believe it when I see it' - Saudi Arabia doubts oil recovery and keeps taps tight
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* BRIEF-Dubai's Damac Board Approves Increasing Stake In Damac Internatioanal To 45%
* DP World and partner CDPQ to build port in Indonesia's Gresik
KUWAIT
* Kuwait to impose curfew, close parks as COVID-19 cases rise - state TV
(Compiled by Dubai newsroom) ((dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))