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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-Equities, oil prices surge as Suez Canal shutdown continues
* Oil jumps 4% on fears Suez Canal blockage may last weeks
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Dubai index leads most of Gulf lower; Egypt extends gains
* Ship blocking Suez Canal moves slightly, unclear when it will refloat
* Yemen's Houthis warn of stronger attacks after drone strikes on Saudi Arabia
* Iran and China sign 25-year cooperation agreement
* Lebanon's largest Christian bloc warns against sidelining president
* ANALYSIS-Lebanon frozen by political intransigence as it hurtles towards collapse
* Egypt train crash kills 32 people, injures scores
* Libya's NOC says an oil spill near Dahra field was controlled
* ANALYSIS-Rollover risks loom for Turkey's banks
EGYPT
* EXPLAINER-How a giant container ship is blocking the Suez Canal
* Orascom Construction Q4 Income Falls
SAUDI ARABIA
* Saudi Arabia sees fields of green with major tree-planting drive
* India calls Saudi advice on tapping stored oil 'undiplomatic
* S&P says Saudi Arabia 'A-/A-2' ratings affirmed; outlook stable
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* Chinese FM: Beijing and UAE to work together on affordable vaccines
* Dreyfus deal to help UAE achieve food security - minister
* Intercontinental Exchange approves 24 members ahead of ICE Futures Abu Dhabi launch
* Amadeus Signs New Long-Term Agreement With Dnata
KUWAIT
* Kuwait Petroleum to seek up to $20 bln of funding - Bloomberg News
QATAR
* Oman imposes curfew from Sunday, Qatar tightens COVID-19 restrictions
OMAN
* Fitch Affirms Oman Electricity Transmission Company at 'BB-'; Outlook Negative
(Compiled by Dubai newsroom) ((dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))