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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-Asia hopes for best in trade talks, Brexit vote
* Oil steady on weak demand concerns despite U.S.-China trade optimism
* PRECIOUS-Gold eases as trade-deal hopes lift risk mood
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Banks lead Saudi lower, most other Gulf markets dip
* Facing protests, Lebanon approves emergency economic reforms
* INSTANT VIEW-Lebanon govt agrees reforms as protests grip the country
* Trump: U.S. troops won't immediately return from Syria, ceasefire could be extended
* Iraqi Kurds appreciate U.S. forces despite Syria pullout, president says
* Islamic State attack kills two security forces near northern Iraqi oilfields
* Pentagon chief visits Saudi Arabia as tensions simmer with Iran
* Israel's Netanyahu gives up effort to form new government
* Maroc Telecom reports flat Q3 profit
EGYPT
* Dragon Oil to invest $1 bln in Egypt's Gulf of Suez after buying BP stake
* Egypt exported 172.8 bln cubic feet of gas from Idku in 2018/19 - EGAS
SAUDI ARABIA
* Saudi consumer prices slip yr/yr in Sept at slowest rate in 2019
* Saudi Arabia's SAGO says it bought 605,000 tonnes of wheat in tender
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* DP World chairman says Djibouti dispute hurt company's ability to borrow
* UAE's Mubadala to invest $250 mln in technology in Mideast, North Africa
* UAE's Majid Al Futtaim hires banks for dollar "green" sukuk
BAHRAIN
* Senior Israeli official attends Bahrain security meeting focusing on Iran
(Compiled by Dubai Newsroom;) ((dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))