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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-Shares in the red as nervous markets await Fed
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Gulf softens despite oil rebound; Ezz Steel lifts Egypt
* PRECIOUS-Gold prices edge lower on firmer dollar ahead of Fed meet
* PRECIOUS-Gold dips, down for week; market braces for Fed rate hike
* Turkish forces and Syrian allies drive Kurds from Afrin
* Oil major Total to seek waiver if U.S. reimposes Iran sanctions -UAE newspaper
* Iran has nearly doubled gas production at South Pars- Rouhani
* Iraq's SOMO chief says targeting more crude sells to Asian markets
* Republican senator expects Trump to pull out of Iran deal -CBS
* Iraq seeks investors to build two southern refineries -oil ministry
EGYPT
* Egypt names 23 state companies to float shares in privatisation scheme
* Egypt targets budget deficit of 8.4 pct, GDP growth of 5.8 pct in 2018/19 - PM
* Average yields rise on Egypt's three- and nine-month T-bills
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* UAE's ADNOC awards Total stakes in two offshore concessions
* DP World buys stakes in Peru's No. 2 container terminal, India logistics firm
QATAR
* Qatar asks U.S. to investigate UAE bank for 'financial warfare'
(Compiled by Dubai newsroom)