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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-Stocks adrift as vaccine rally falters
* Oil rises on signs of firmer demand, fall in U.S. crude stocks
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Markets lifted by global rally and oil prices
* PRECIOUS-Gold gains as bleak economic outlook stokes safe-haven demand
* Abu Dhabi's Etihad makes first known flight to Israel, carrying Palestinian aid
* Middle East Crude-Benchmarks fall; SOMO offers Basra Light
* Iraq buys 1.363 mln tonnes of local wheat so far this harvest season
EGYPT
* Egypt says proposed standby funding from IMF aimed at helping businesses
SAUDI ARABIA
* Saudi Investment Bank Qtrly Profit Falls
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* Abu Dhabi sells $3 billion in bonds with April re-opening
* Abu Dhabi's Mubadala says subsidiary begins producing N95 masks with Honeywell
* NMC founder owes over $250 mln to Bank of Baroda-court document
* Abu Dhabi's Etihad cuts hundreds of jobs -sources
QATAR
* Qatar Airways And American Airlines Strategic Partnership Begins With Domestic U.S. Codeshare - Statement
* Qatar extends loan guarantee program, interest-free for full year
OMAN
* Oman's Al Jazeera Steel Products Q1 Group Profit Rises
(Compiled by Dubai newsroom) ((dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))