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

INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL

* GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks set record highs as bond yields slide 

* Oil hits multi-year highs in third weekly gain on demand recovery

* PRECIOUS-Gold slips as dollar strengthens on 'transitory' inflation view

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Most Gulf markets rise as oil rebounds; Egypt bucks trend 

* "Intense' Iran nuclear talks resume as Germany calls for rapid progress

* Saudi Arabia bars foreign travellers from Haj over COVID-19 

* OPEC+ will need to boost output to meet 2022 demand recovery -IEA

* Syrian hospital hit in artillery attacks on Afrin, at least 13 killed 

* Israel's Knesset to vote on new government, end Netanyahu's record reign 

* Algeria’s parliamentary election turnout at 30.20%, authority head says

EGYPT

* Egypt's Banque du Caire agrees $200 million loan from Afreximbank 

* Egyptian regulator tells Banque du Caire, others to IPO this year

* Central Banks Of UAE and Egypt Enhance Cooperation On Banking Supervision 

SAUDI ARABIA

* Saudi Arabia to supply full July crude oil volumes to buyers in Asia -sources 

* Saudi sovereign fund PIF to invest in Investcorp-Aberdeen infrastructure fund 

* MEDIA-Aramco hires Morgan Stanley for gas pipeline stake sale- Bloomberg News 

* Investcorp weighs taking Saudi Arabia's Al Borg public -sources 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* Dubai foreign trade grows in Q1 by 10% compared to last year- Dubai Media Office

* MEDIA-Biden administration pressing UAE to drop Huawei, F-35 sale at risk-BBG

* Plane leasing firm DAE hires banks for second dollar bond sale of 2021

KUWAIT

* Warba Capital Holding Posts Q3 Profit 

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