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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 hover near record highs, gold breaches $1,500
* Oil rises on supply cut pledges and slow return of Gulf field
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Gulf shares fall; Aramco closes lower
* PRECIOUS-Gold breaks above $1,500 on growth fears, stock market highs
* Turkish parliament readying bill to allow sending troops to Libya
* Iraq passes electoral reforms but deadlock remains
* Family members of man killed during Iran protests arrested -news agency
* Aid agencies stop work in Yemen town after attacks U.N. calls `alarming escalation'
* Morocco to suspend customs duty on soft wheat from Jan 2 to April 30 -draft decree
EGYPT
* POLL-Egypt's central bank seen holding rates after inflation uptick
* Egypt's GASC seeking soyoil, sunflower oil in tender
SAUDI ARABIA
* Goldman may stabilise Saudi Aramco shares following IPO
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* Emirates' long-serving boss to hand over the controls next year
* Dubai Crude for March to be priced at $0.25/bbl below Oman
* Dana Gas says received one-off $42 million dividend from Pearl in Iraqi-Kurdistan
* Emaar says may raise funds against Burj Khalifa viewing decks, not selling them
QATAR
* Qatar Petroleum to start pricing its crude grades on forward basis in February
KUWAIT
* Kuwait and Saudi Arabia strike deal on shared oilfields (Reporting by Dubai newsroom)