DUBAI, April 2 (Reuters) - 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-Stocks dip as investors take profits after strong quarterAsia shares creep up to near 2-year peak, dollar firms

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Kuwait rebounds in volatile session, Dubai, Saudi firm

* Oil retreats, set to become 1st qtr's worst-performing assetOil dips as record US crude stocks outweigh falling Libya output

* PRECIOUS- Gold posts best quarter in a year amid political uncertainty

* Islamic State second-in-command killed in airstrike, Iraqi intelligence says

* Gulf airlines Etihad, Qatar work around U.S. cabin laptops ban

* CEO and vice chairman step down at investment conglomerate Dubai Holding

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EGYPT

* Egypt central bank leaves key interest rates unchanged

* Trump seeks to 'reboot' U.S. relationship with Egypt in Monday talks

* Egypt's Suez Canal revenues rise to $423.9 mln in March

* Egypt receives $500 mln loan tranche from African Development Bank





SAUDI ARABIA

* Fitch Downgrades Nine Saudi Banks Following Sovereign Downgrade

* PREVIEW-Saudi Arabia likely to cut May crude prices to Asia on weak demand

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* Middle East Crude-Dubai stays weak; Saudi may cut prices

* UAE state fund Mubadala nearly triples net profit in 2016

QATAR

* Heathrow Airport says shareholders to invest 650 million more pounds in hub

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KUWAIT

* Kuwait to import fuel oil as it mothballs Shuaiba refinery

* Kuwait's Americana recommends OGM to approve voluntary delisting

BAHRAIN

* Trump administration pursues sale of F-16's to Bahrain -source

(Reporting by Dubai Newsroom)