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-Asian stock markets gain following tech bounce, euro waits for ECB 

* Oil prices slip as growing stockpiles signal bumpy fuel demand recovery 

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Major Gulf markets fall as financial shares drag 

* PRECIOUS-Gold at one-week high as weak dollar supports; ECB meet in focus 

* United States formally announces troop reduction in Iraq 

* Iraq asks KRG to cut production by 120,000 bpd -state news agency

* Palestinians win Saudi support but no Arab condemnation of UAE-Israel deal

* Progress in resolving Gulf Arab rift could come within weeks, U.S. official says

* Middle East funds eye stakes in retail arm of India's Reliance - FT

* Lebanese Hezbollah and allied parties condemn U.S. sanctions on former ministers

* Lebanon's banking association seeks more detail on central bank demands

* Possible war crimes in Yemen fuelled by arms flows from West, Iran - UN

* Yemen Houthis block flights to Sanaa as economic warfare rages

* EXCLUSIVE-EU prepares to lift sanctions on Libyan powerbroker, diplomats say

* Israel's Netanyahu demands probe of investigators in his corruption trial

 

EGYPT

* Egypt sets up commodities exchange for wheat, oils, sugar and rice

 

SAUDI ARABIA

* Saudi finance minister hopes 2020 contraction will better IMF forecast

* Outlook for Saudi economy remains uncertain, c. bank governor says

* Saudi Arabia King Salman and German Chancellor Merkel discuss G20 over the phone -state news agency

* Saudi-led coalition destroys two explosive-laden drones launched towards Najran

* Saudi Arabia to keep pumping despite fall in crude prices - FT

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* Israeli hospital Sheba, UAE's APEX to develop health technologies

* Israel's Hapoalim expects UAE bank ties to follow normalisation

* UAE reports 883 new coronavirus cases, highest since late May

* Dubai non-oil private sector growth slows in August - PMI

* Tabreed plans to issue up to $1 bln in bonds

* Wizz Air to delay Gulf startup if Abu Dhabi doesn't reopen soon- Bloomberg News

* TABLE-UAE's Fujairah oil inventory data for week ended Sept 7

 

OMAN

* Oman will tap local and international debt to fill coffers

* U.S., Oman discuss ways to strengthen security, boost economic ties

BAHRAIN

* Saudi 'proxy' Bahrain grabs $2 billion with bond comeback

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