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-U.S. stock futures, Chinese shares slip amid Sino-U.S. tensions, oil falters

* Oil prices fall as rising U.S. inventories reassert supply concerns

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Most Gulf stocks end higher as oil prices rise

* PRECIOUS-Gold slips as easing lockdowns weigh on safe-haven demand

* EXCLUSIVE-Lebanese banks draft national rescue plan that keeps some of their capital

* EXCLUSIVE-Trump administration drafting 'Artemis Accords' pact for moon mining

* Tunisian banks lend government foreign currency to tackle coronavirus

* Facebook says it dismantles disinformation network tied to Iran's state media

* Israel's BATM begins selling COVID-19 antibody tests in Europe, stock jumps

* Israel extends coronavirus cell phone surveillance by three weeks

* Jordan to continue night curfew even after virus outbreak 'contained'

* Lebanon extends virus shutdown, PM warns of second wave

* Lebanese government to manage mobile networks ahead of new tender

 

EGYPT

* Egypt's 2020/21 budget deficit could widen to 7.8% of GDP due to coronavirus

 

SAUDI ARABIA

* Saudi Arabia's oil exports to drop in May as demand slides - sources

* COLUMN-Saudi foreign reserves slide as epidemic, oil volume war take toll: Kemp

* Saudi Arabia sets $533 million for agriculture imports

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* Pakistan concerned at workers returning from UAE with coronavirus

* UAE-based Air Arabia cuts 57 jobs due to coronavirus crisis

* MEDIA-Abu Dhabi based NMC Health's trading arm sees major job cuts - Gulf News

* Ryanair passengers down by 99.6% in April, Wizz Air down by 97.6%

 

QATAR

* Qatar National Bank raises $1 bln in five-year bonds - sources

* Qatar Airways planning substantial job cuts -company notice

* MEDIA-Qatar wealth fund said to seek $7.6 billion loan backed by stock - Bloomberg News

BAHRAIN

* Bahrain re-appoints Rasheed al-Maraj as central bank governor - BNA

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