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

INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL

* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares on firm footing as vaccine trials resume

* Oil ends lower for second week as stockpiles rise, demand weakens

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Qatar leads most of Gulf higher; Abu Dhabi dips 

* PRECIOUS-Gold falls, but eyes weekly gain on economic recovery worries 

* INSIGHT-Once an American foe, now a friend: OPEC turns 60 

* Iraq cuts Oct Basra Light OSP to all regions 

* Macron presses Lebanese politicians as cabinet deadline looms 

* Jordan's Capital Bank begins due diligence to buy Lebanon's Audi's units in Jordan, Iraq 

* Protesters set government building on fire in eastern Libya 

* Iran's confirmed coronavirus cases exceed 400,000 - health ministry 

* Trial of British-Iranian aid worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe postponed, UK lawmaker says

 

EGYPT

* Saudi Telecom says no deal reached on Vodafone Egypt stake

 

SAUDI ARABIA

* Saudi Arabia to lift some international flight restrictions on Sept 15 

* Saudi Arabia starts final phase of its mills privatisation

* Saudi Arabia's BinDawood Holding sets IPO price range, aims to raise up to 2.2 bln riyals 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* Hungary says it will be only EU country to send minister to Israel-UAE accord signing

* Gazans living on Emirates-funded estate rue normalisation deal with Israel 

* UAE, Israeli educational institutions sign artificial intelligence MoU 

 

QATAR

* Qatar ruler meets Afghan, Taliban delegations during peace talks in Doha 

OMAN

* Oman welcomes Bahrain-Israel normalisation decision 

BAHRAIN

* Bahrain opposition rejects Israel normalisation, calls for resistance 

* Netanyahu sees direct Israel-Bahrain flights after normalisation deal

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