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

INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL

* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia shares ease as weak China data weighs 

* Oil falls as U.S. refiners shut down by damage from Hurricane Ida 

* PRECIOUS-Gold gains as dollar weakens; U.S. jobs data in focus 

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Most Gulf bourses follow global shares higher 

* U.S. Embassy in Kabul suspends operations 

* Turkey's Erdogan holds talks with de facto UAE leader 

* Israel says it will loan Palestinians money after highest-level talks in years 

* After Taliban takeover, Afghans in the Gulf worry about home 

* OPEC+ likely to keep oil output policy from September unchanged, sources say 

 

EGYPT

* Egypt's GASC buys 180,000 tonnes of Romanian, Ukrainian wheat in tender 

* Egypt's GASC bought sugar at lowest price of $511.00 c&f, traders say

SAUDI ARABIA

* Saudi students return to school with masks and checks

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* Abu Dhabi's ADQ withdraws offer to combine ADNH with exhibitions co 

* UAE's Emirates Global Aluminium swings to profit in first half 

 

QATAR

* MEDIA-Qatar urges Taliban to accept foreign presence as security at Kabul airport - FT 

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