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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 shares look to China for recovery lead, earnings in focus
* Brent crude edges up as optimism over economy trumps demand concerns
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Abu Dhabi market leads broader gains
* PRECIOUS-Gold gains as dollar eases off four-week high
* Lebanon's COVID-19 spike overwhelms battered hospitals and exhausted doctors
* Young Tunisians clash with police days after revolution anniversary
* Israel sharing COVID-19 data with Pfizer to help fine-tune vaccine rollout
* Bank of Israel seeks to prevent 'over-appreciation' of shekel -deputy governor
* Five of six Bank of Israel MPC members voted to keep rate at 0.1%, minutes show
* Britain "seriously concerned" by Israel's approval for new settler homes
* Algeria tenders to buy a nominal 50,000 T of milling wheat
EGYPT
* Egypt reopens two Mediterranean ports after weather improves
SAUDI ARABIA
* Saudis vowed to stop executing minors; some death sentences remain, rights groups
* Saudi petrochemicals giant SABIC hires NCB for speciality chemicals unit IPO -sources
* Saudi Arabia allows broadcast by Qatar-based beIN Sports TV channel
* Saudi Arabia hosts Israelis for Dakar Rally after diplomatic inroads
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* Dubai airline Emirates offers Pfizer, Sinopharm vaccines to staff
* UAE, Israel postpone visa exemption deal over COVID-19 worries
QATAR
* Qatari bank sees gradual growth in Saudi after end of rift
* Qatar's foreign minister wants Gulf Arab nations to talk with Iran - Bloomberg
KUWAIT
* Kuwait emir accepts cabinet resignation in government-assembly standoff
BAHRAIN
* Bahrain says it attracted $885 mln in investment in 2020
(Compiled by Dubai newsroom) ((dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))