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DUBAI - Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Monday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.
INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL
* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks hit 6-mth lows, bonds boom amid market shakeout
* PRECIOUS-Gold gains on weaker dollar, U.S.-China trade tension
* Oil prices drop as U.S.-China trade war fuels growth concerns
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Weighed down by bank stocks, Saudi market dips after U.S. rate cut
* Iran seizes Iraqi oil tanker smuggling fuel in Gulf -TV
* Turkey to launch offensive in Kurdish-controlled area in northern Syria -Erdogan
* Sudan factions initial pact ushering in transitional government
* Tourism levy to squeeze Turkish tourism firms still emerging from slump
* Iraqi oil ministry says has no ties to oil tanker seized by Iran
* Seventeen dead in car explosion in central Cairo -health ministry
EGYPT
* BRIEF-Egypt's Beltone Financial Shareholders Approve Capital Increase
* BRIEF-Misr Fertilizers Production H1 Standalone Profit Falls
SAUDI ARABIA
* Saudi non-oil private sector growth slips to five-month low in July -PMI
* Saudi Arabia cuts Sept crude oil prices to Asia
* MOVES-Credit Suisse hires Mizuho banker as Saudi Arabia CEO – sources
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* UAE private sector growth at four-month low in July -PMI
* Abu Dhabi's ADFG & Shuaa complete merger with capital increase
* Dubai's Emaar Q2 profit falls 7.4% as Dubai property market cools
* BRIEF-ADNOC Distribution Q2 Profit Rises
QATAR
* BRIEF-Qatar Islamic Insurance H1 Profit Rises
KUWAIT
* BRIEF-Kuwait Portland Cement Posts Flat Q2 Profit
* BRIEF-Ithmaar Holding Board Proposes Delisting From Boursa Kuwait
BAHRAIN
* BRIEF-Bahrain's SICO Q2 Profit Falls
OMAN
* BRIEF-Omantel H1 Group Profit Rises
(Reporting by Dubai Newsroom) ((dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))