DUBAI - Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Sunday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.
INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL
* GLOBAL MARKETS-Wall Street muted on jobs growth as taper, Delta fears weigh
* Oil falls in biggest weekly decline in months on demand worries
* PRECIOUS-Gold slides over 2% as robust jobs data strengthens Fed taper bets
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Major Gulf bourses shrug off geopolitical tensions
* Hardline cleric Raisi sworn in as Iran president amid tensions with West
* Iran denies role in tanker attack, says seeks Gulf security
* Hezbollah chief Nasrallah says Beirut port explosion investigator biased
* In rare challenge, Hezbollah fighters held after rocket launch
* Lebanon's Mikati reports progress, albeit slow, towards forming government
* Lebanese prosecutor requests documents from Salameh, source says
* Tunisian president’s feud with party elites drove him to seize reins of power
* Tunisia puts Ennahda official under house arrest, colleague says
* UAE says it supports Tunisian president's decisions
* Tunisia's annual inflation rate rises to 6.4% in July
* Lebanon's Hezbollah and Israel trade fire amid Iran tensions
* Israel names president's brother as U.S. envoy, points to Iran experience
* Iraq procures 3.365 mln tonnes of local wheat in harvest
EGYPT
* Egypt's central bank keeps key interest rates unchanged -statement
SAUDI ARABIA
* Saudi Arabia opens Umrah pilgrimage to vaccinated worshipers from abroad - SPA
* Saudi Aramco says Qassim petroleum products distribution station back to work - state media
* Saudi customs authority cancels wheat 'protection fee' -SAGO
* Saud's SABIC expects strong H2 after $2 bln quarterly profit
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* Dubai courier firm Aramex Q2 profit falls 31% on pandemic hit
* Mubadala buys unit of Brazil's Renova for $213 mln -filing
KUWAIT
* Kuwait's emir appoints KIA board for four years - KUNA
* Kuwait's 2020-21 budget deficit increases 175% to record 10.8 bln dinars
BAHRAIN
* Bahrain bans entry from Georgia, Ukraine and Malawi over coronavirus concerns -BNA
QATAR
* Qatar Airways says regulator grounds 13 of its Airbus A350s over surface issue
(Compiled by Dubai newsroom) ((dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))
