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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-Asia shares slip as investors ready for end of 2021
* Oil firms, near highest since late November on risk appetite
* PRECIOUS-Gold steady as weaker Treasury yields balance improved risk appetite
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Most Gulf bourses close higher as Omicron worries ease
* Russia says OPEC+ prioritises mid-term strategy over U.S. calls for more oil
* ANALYSIS-Russia seen missing its May target for pre-pandemic oil output
* We have weeks, not months, to conclude Iran nuclear deal - European negotiators
* Iranian and Russian officials strike positive tone on nuclear talks
* U.S. says it is too soon to say how substantive Iran nuclear talks in Vienna might have been
* Israel hits Syrian port for second time this month - Syrian army
* Israeli defense minister meets with Palestinian president - tweet
* Thirty-one killed in Sudanese gold mine collapse - official
* U.N. bodies urge Yemen's Houthis to release two staff members
* Tunisia expects deficit at 6.7% of GDP in 2022
* Lebanon PM signals backing for c. bank governor facing multiple probes
EGYPT
* Egypt's GASC seeks wheat in new international tender
* Scans reveal details of unwrapped ancient Egyptian mummy
SAUDI ARABIA
* TABLE-Saudi money supply increase in November
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* UAE approves Sinopharm's protein-based vaccine
QATAR
* Ooredoo Group and CK Hutchison $6 bln merger of their Indonesian businesses approved following EGM
KUWAIT
* New finance minister, opposition lawmakers in Kuwait's cabinet
(Compiled by Dubai newsroom) ((dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))