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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-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)