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-U.S. stock futures, Asian shares drop as Trump slaps new tariffs on China

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Visa law fails to lift Dubai but Saudi rebounds from low

* Oil prices drop as escalating trade war clouds demand outlook

* PRECIOUS-Gold slips as new U.S. tariffs on China lifts dollar

* Middle East Crude-Benchmarks edge higher; Iran supply cuts support

* U.S. to sharply limit refugee flows to 30,000 in 2019

* Russia and Turkey agree to create buffer zone in Syria's Idlib

* Turkey's lira weakens, bank shares fall after Erdogan Isbank comments

* Yemen central bank to lift interest rates - Saba news agency

* Turkish banking watchdog eases limits on bank forex swap transactions

* Iran's gas condensate exports slide as sanctions looms

* Turkiye Finans applies for 5 bln lira Islamic bonds programme

* Iran says US pullout from nuclear deal threatens regional peace

* A year after U.S. sanctions ended, Sudan's economy unravels

EGYPT

* Egypt's GASC seeks wheat for Nov. 1-10, Nov. 11-20 shipment

* Egypt cancels debt auction as foreign investor appetite weakens

* Egypt to offer extra shares in five state companies this year

SAUDI ARABIA

* Saudi's PIF invests more than $1 bln in electric carmaker Lucid Motors

* Saudi Arabia reports cholera infection in southern province

* Saudi Aramco to spend over $133 bln on drilling over next decade

* Saudi's Public Investment Fund says it closes $11 billion debut loan

* Saudi Arabia's SAGO buys wheat 630,000 tonnes of wheat

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* MEDIA-Abraaj investors prefer $1 Actis bid to Gulf offers - Bloomberg

* Uber in talks to buy Dubai ride-hailing rival Careem -Bbg

* Moody's assigns Baa1 rating to Aldar Investment Properties LLC's sukuk issuance; stable outlook

* Abu Dhabi's Mubadala to sell 25 pct of Spain's Cepsa in IPO

* Saudi Arabia's Flyadeal to finalise 50-jet order in October-The National

QATAR

* Macquarie to buy Australian farms of Qatar's Hassad Food

* Qatar Investment Authority near investment in China's top online lender Lufax - Bloomberg (Reporting By Dubai newsroom)