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DUBAI - Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.
INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL
* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia shares rally to 4-1/2-month peak on hopes of U.S.-China trade deal
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Dubai extends rally, Saudi banks hit on profit-taking
* PRECIOUS-Gold prices hold at 10-month highs; markets await Fed minutes
* Oil near 2019 highs amid OPEC cuts, U.S. sanctions
* Trump aides ignored legal warnings in pushing reactor plan -Democratic report
* German halt in Saudi arms sales hurting UK industry - Hunt
* U.S. concerned over Hezbollah's growing role in Lebanon
* Troop withdrawal in Yemen's Hodeidah could start Tuesday, Wednesday: U.N.
* Russia's Putin, Saudi King ready to continue energy cooperation - Kremlin
* Two hundred families trapped by Islamic State in Syria, UN says
* Despite sanctions, Iran's oil exports rise in early 2019-sources
* Middle East Crude Discounts for light grades narrow after Saudi cut
* Ahead of Saudi visit, China seeks "deeper trust" with Iran
* Turkish end-2018 private sector long term foreign debt $210.6 bln - central bank
EGYPT
* Delta Sugar looks to raise output as Egypt pushes sugar beet
* Egyptian security forces kill 16 suspected militants - state media
* Egypt invites offers for dollar bond through Tuesday -finance minister
* Egypt begins receiving offers for dollar bond sale -finance minister
* Egypt to issue dollar bonds worth $5 bln this week - local newspaper
* Egypt's GASC seeking soyoil, sunflower oil in tender for arrival April 5-20
SAUDI ARABIA
* Saudi's Malath Insurance Renews Insurance Contract With Abdullatif Alissa Group
* Riyad Bank Board Appoints Tareq Bin Abdulrahman Al-Sadhan As CEO
* Saudi's Petrorabigh FY Profit Falls
* Saudi January consumer prices fall 1.9 pct as deflation returns
* Saudi Arabia plans to reduce light crude oil exports to Asia for March
* Saudi's Al Ahlia Says Shareholders Did Not Approve Merger Offer From Gulf Union
* Almarai Intends To Commence Meetings With Investors For Issuance Of International Sukuk
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* BlackRock, KKR plan $4 bln-$5 bln investment in ADNOC pipeline unit - FT
* UAE's Etisalat Board Proposes H2 Dividend Of 40 Fils/Share
* Dubai's Mashreqbank set to raise $500 mln in bonds
* Fitch rates ADNOC AA, in line with Abu Dhabi's sovereign rating
* UAE Armed Forces sign defence contracts worth $140.17 mln with intl firms
* Abu Dhabi Ship Building and Italy's Leonardo plan UAE Navy venture
* Dubai home prices to fall further in 2019 on oversupply - S&P
* Dubai's DSI Appoints Khaled Jarrar As Group CFO
KUWAIT
* Kuwait's Jazeera Airways Q4 Loss Widens
BAHRAIN
* Bahrain's Ahli United Bank Updates On Takeover By KFH
* Bahrain's Ahli United Bank Q4 Profit Rises
* Bahrain's Ahli United Bank Board Proposes FY Dividend
(Reporting By Dubai newsroom) ((Dubai.Newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))