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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))