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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-Muted start to second half for Asia stocks as U.S. payrolls loom
* Oil prices nudge higher before OPEC+ meet
* PRECIOUS-Virus worries lift gold ahead of key U.S. jobs data
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Dubai drops as fresh virus spike in other nations stokes recovery fears
* Israeli govt, settlers reach deal over West Bank outpost
* OPEC+ may extend oil supply cuts amid warning of glut, sources say
* Iran, U.S. choices on nuclear deal 'crystallize' in Vienna - U.S. envoy
* U.N. chief urges U.S. to remove Iran sanctions as agreed in 2015
* Algeria names finance chief Benabderrahmane as prime minister
* Turkey sells 1.5 billion euros in 6-year bonds at 4.5%
* Criticism of Palestinian security forces raises pressure on Abbas
* Lebanon parliament approves cash subsidy costing $556 mln annually
* Israel seeks to extend new Gulf ties to all Middle East, says Lapid
* Lebanon says it could get $900 mln from expansion of IMF reserves
* Iran appoints new central bank chief - TV
EGYPT
* Egypt's CIB gets FRA preliminary approval for green bond issuance
SAUDI ARABIA
* Aramco's CFO Khalid al-Dabbagh set to step down - Bloomberg
* Saudi regulator gives green light for ACWA Power IPO
* Saudi Arabia seizes 4.5 million amphetamine pills hidden in oranges
* Saudi Arabia's PIF considers buying Dubai design firm Depa, sources say
* Saudi unemployment down to pre-pandemic levels in Q1 as economy rebounds
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* Firms face owner disclosure as UAE acts to avoid dirty money list
* Abu Dhabi's Mubadala, Bpifrance to invest up to 350 mln euros in African companies - WAM
* Dubai's DP World hires banks for sale of flagship free zone stake - sources
QATAR
* Qatar Petroleum grabs $12.5 bln in emerging market bonds record
* Qatar sovereign fund cuts Credit Suisse's stake to below 5% - filing
* Qatar Petroleum workforce down 3%, bond prospectus shows
KUWAIT
* Kuwait oil minister says vaccine rollouts helping oil demand prospects
OMAN
* BP raises gas production from Oman's Block 61 - ONA
* Oman crude OSP rises to $71.66/bbl for August
* Oman's OQ exports first shipment from Salalah LPG plant to global markets - ONA
(Compiled by Dubai newsroom) ((dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))