DUBAI - Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.
INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL
* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks rally stalls as Wall St loses steam, dollar sags
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Qatar soars as QNB to lift ownership ceiling, Saudi also strong
* Oil prices fall on relentless rise in U.S. crude output
* PRECIOUS-Gold prices edge higher as dollar sags
* "Unsafe even to bury the dead" in besieged Syrian enclave
* Iraq says plans to reduce oil products imports by 25 percent
* Lebanon's cabinet agrees 2018 budget with lower deficit
EGYPT
* Egypt plans to award Red Sea to Mediterranean rail tender in H2 2018
* Egypt chooses four banks for euro bond issue - finance ministry
SAUDI ARABIA
* Major plot twist for students at Saudi Arabia's first cinema school
* COLUMN-Saudi Aramco international share sale might never happen: Kemp
* Trump to meet Saudi crown prince on March 20 -White House
* Saudi Arabia must ban discrimination against women -U.N. rights panel
* MEDIA-Saudi government is said to take veto power over investment decisions by Prince al-Waleed bin Talal - WSJ
* BRIEF-Saudi's CMA Licenses Greenstone Saudi Arabia
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* EXCLUSIVE-CFO says he left Dubai-based private equity firm Abraaj
* UAE central bank to launch new EIBOR system next month -banker
* Dubai's Majid Al Futtaim hires banks for perpetual dollar bond
* UAE says will have rail link with Saudi Arabia by the end of Dec 2021
* BRIEF-United Arab Bank's Rights Issue oversubscribed By 124 pct
KUWAIT
* Kuwait cuts April crude price for Asia by $0.35 from March -sources
* Kuwait Finance House to split shareholding of Turkish asset manager
QATAR
* Qatar sells its 4.6 pct stake in Veolia
* BRIEF-QNB Seeks Shareholder Nod To Increase Non-Qatari Ownership Limit
* MEDIA-Qataris opted not to give info on Kushner, secret meetings to Mueller -NBC
OMAN
* BRIEF-Bank Dhofar Seeks Shareholders Approval For $750 Mln EMTN Program
(Compiled by Dubai newsroom)
