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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-Asian shares rise on U.S. stimulus fix, Nikkei hits 30-year high
* Oil rises on hopes U.S. pandemic stimulus to spur fuel demand
* PRECIOUS-Gold gains on softer dollar; U.S. Senate pandemic aid vote eyed
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Egyptian shares gain, Gulf stocks mixed
* Russia sees 5-6 mln bpd in additional oil demand next year
* Iran gas company says slashed flow to Iraq over $6 bln debt
* Iraq's southern oil exports at 2.7 mln bpd in Dec, says official
* Piecemeal data releases threaten to undermine Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine
* Lebanon secures COVID-19 vaccines for 20% of its citizens - health minister
* Israel speeds vaccines, locks down in hope of February exit from pandemic
* Drive-through ballots - Israel's solution to voting in a pandemic
* Tel Aviv Stock Exchange launches cannabis index
* Algeria tenders to buy milling wheat - trade
SAUDI ARABIA
* Saudi court jails women's rights activist, posing challenge for Biden
* SABIC seeks Clariant chairman's ouster in post-Christmas coup
* S.Arabia extends entry ban amid coronavirus variant fears - state news agency
* STC to invest up to $500 mln in cloud services with partners
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* Dubai Investments Says Al Mal Capital Raises AED 350 Mln In IPO Of Units In al Mal Capital REIT
QATAR
* Qatar's Ooredoo, Hutchison in talks to merge Indonesian telco units
KUWAIT
* Kuwait won't extend suspension of flights, will open borders - cabinet
OMAN
* More than 270,000 expatriate workers left Oman this year
(Compiled by Dubai newsroom) ((dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))