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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 stocks dip, dollar recovery continues as yields rise
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Gulf mostly softens, Commercial International Bank buoys Egypt
* Oil prices fall as U.S. dollar firms
* PRECIOUS-Gold falls further as higher yields prop up dollar
* Middle East Crude-April al-Shaheen crude at lower premiums
* U.S. says ready to talk Mideast peace; Abbas calls for conference
* Syria pro-government forces enter Afrin to aid Kurds against Turkey
* One year on, OPEC gets closer to original target of oil cut pact
* No survivors as Iran finds wreckage of plane on mountain
* Donor meeting on Lebanon economy set for April 6 in Paris
* Iraq invites bids for construction of Mosul oil refinery -ministry
* Turkey's Erdogan orders 25 percent Istanbul bourse sale in IPO - chairman
* Kazakhstan's frozen billions sound alarm for sovereign funds
EGYPT
* Egypt's GASC seeks wheat for March 22-April 1 shipment
* Egypt puts prominent politician critical of Sisi on terrorism list
SAUDI ARABIA
* Saudi's SABIC secures $3 billion syndicated bridge loan - sources
* Saudi bank SABB's Q4 net profit rises 16.3 pct, misses forecasts
* Relax and invest, Saudi prince tells investors after corruption crackdown
* Saudi finance ministry sells 7.22 bln riyals of domestic sukuk
* TABLE-Saudi Arabia Q4 earnings estimates (1)
* TABLE-Saudi Arabia Q4 earnings estimates (2)
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* UAE says OPEC, allies job is not done yet
* Dubai's real estate slump to last until 2020 - S&P
* UAE to exceed oil cut requirement in Q1 due to maintenance -energy min
* Dubai property firm Meraas hires Kuwait sovereign fund executive as CEO
* Investment Corp of Dubai seeks $1 bln refinancing- Bloomberg
QATAR
* Qatar says may switch part of A350 order to biggest model
* Qatar Airways CEO says UN aviation body needs to do more over Gulf crisis
* Qatar's Commercial Bank agrees to sell stake in UAE's UAB to Tabarak- sources
* Thailand's PTT buys Qatar Marine and Murban crude - sources
* TABLE-Qatar Q4 earnings estimates
KUWAIT
* TABLE-Kuwait Q4 earnings estimates
BAHRAIN
* Bahrain c.bank says growth may accelerate but warns on budget deficit
* TABLE-Bahrain Q4 earnings estimates
OMAN
* Oman's Golden Group lists 50 mln rials debut sukuk
(Compiled by Dubai newsroom)