DUBAI - Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Monday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.

INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL

* GLOBAL MARKETS-China lifts Asian shares; oil up on drawdowns, Mideast tensions 

* Oil steady on trade pact optimism, stock draw; eyes on MidEast 

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Financials lead most Gulf bourses higher, but Egypt retreats 

* PRECIOUS-Gold edges up, holds near 2-month peak in thin-volume trade 

* Trump aides call U.S. strikes on Iraq and Syria 'successful,' warn of potential further action 

* Israel trims funds to Palestinians over militant casualties 

* Missile hits military parade in Yemen, killing at least seven 

* Yemen's Houthis list 6 strike targets in Saudi, 3 in UAE 

* Iraq's exports, production not affected by halting Nassiriya oilfield -ministry

* Sudan passes 2020 budget with anticipated deficit of $1.62 billion 

 

EGYPT

* Egypt lowers gas grid usage fees by 24% to $0.29 per mmbtu - gas regulator 

* Egypt competition watchdog approves Uber acquisition of Careem with conditions 

* Egypt and Sudan to operate joint electricity grid from Jan. 12 - agency 

* Egypt awards oil and gas exploration concessions in Red Sea - statement 

 

SAUDI ARABIA

* Two men shot dead in eastern Saudi city were driving car bomb, SPA say

* TABLE-Saudi money supply increase in November 

* Saudi Arabia sentences Riyadh concert stabber to death - state TV 

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRTES

* Dubai budget sets record spending to boost growth ahead of Expo 2020 

 

KUWAIT

* Kuwait's KNPC starts operating diesel production unit in Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery 

 

OMAN

* Oman Year To Date State Budget Deficit 1,929.4 Mln Rials In October - Govt Data 

(Compiled by Dubai newsroom) ((dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))