DUBAI - Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.

INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL

* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares mixed as investors await crucial central bank decisions  

* Oil prices rise on slow OPEC oil output increase 

* PRECIOUS-Gold prices dip as dollar firms ahead of Fed decision  

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Saudi index snaps 4 days of losses, Egypt outperforms  

* ANALYSIS-Lebanon is dragged back into eye of Iranian-Saudi storm

 

EGYPT

* Egypt's GASC buys 180,000 tonnes of Russian wheat 

 

SAUDI ARABIA

* Saudi Arabia's SRC signs refinancing agreement for $2.7 bln property portfolio

* Saudi Sago buys 1.268 mln T of milling wheat at $377.54/tonne 

* Saudi Arabia appoints advisers on green debt issuance 

* Iraq plans billions of dollars of energy contracts with Saudi Arabia -media

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* Dubai to launch 2 bln dirham market-maker fund 

* Emirates strips its first ever A380 for furniture, memorabilia 

* Founder sees DAMAC takeover complete by March 

* Empower to acquire Dubai airport cooling infrastructure business

* UAE's NMC expects to exit administration, hand over to new owners by end-2021 

* Emirates to hold talks with Boeing at Dubai Airshow over 777X delays 

 

QATAR

* Qatar, Rolls-Royce to plough billions of pounds into green tech startups

 

KUWAIT

* Kuwait's Jazeera Airways in talks with Airbus, Boeing for 30-jet order 

 

BAHRAIN

* Bahrain-based Arcapita forms venture with Arden Group to go after U.S. real estate 

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