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-Stocks fall, bond yields rise as investors brace for possible Democrat triumph in Georgia 

* Brent oil rises to highest since February after Saudi Arabia output cut

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Qatar leads broader gains on breakthrough in Arab rift 

* PRECIOUS-Gold eases as dollar gains on 'knife-edge' Georgia race 

* From embargo to embrace, Saudi Arabia pushes Gulf detente 

* Saudi offers extra cut as OPEC+ agrees oil output rollover 

* Gulf economy gets a boost from healing of Saudi-Qatar rift 

* U.S. hits Iran with fresh sanctions as Trump term nears end 

* Iran tests drones in military exercise 

* Iran denies seized Korean ship and crew are being held as hostages 

* U.N. envoy plans trip to Yemen and Saudi Arabia after Aden attack 

 

EGYPT

* Egypt sends envoy to Gulf summit amid apparent thaw with Qatar 

 

SAUDI ARABIA

* Red Sea Development Co Appoints daa International To Manage Red Sea Project’s Airport 

* Apicorp Extends To ACWA Power $125 Mln Murabaha Facility 

* Network International replaces CEO with MasterCard executive Mer 

* Dubai's Emirates NBD hires banks for bond deal - document 

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* Network International replaces CEO with MasterCard executive Mer 

* Dubai's Emirates NBD hires banks for bond deal - document 

 

KUWAIT

* Kuwait's Munshaat Real Estate Projects Renews Credit Facilities With Local Bank 

 

BAHRAIN

* Bahrain economy shrank by 6.9% in Q3 - statement 

 

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