Credit: REUTERS/JUMANA EL HELOUEHDUBAI, May 22 (Reuters) - 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 fragile as trade anxiety overshadows Huawei reprieve MKTS/GLOB
* PRECIOUS-Gold hovers near 2-week low on strong dollar ahead of Fed minutes
* Oil slides on rising U.S. crude stockpiles, Saudi vow to keep market balanced O/R
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Global rally lifts most of Gulf, blue-chips drag Qatar
* U.S. says signs Syria may be using chemical weapons, warns of quick response
* Iran's Rouhani rejects talks with Washington
* Turkey to reciprocate U.S. import tariff reductions this week -sources
* Lebanon cabinet set to complete 2019 draft budget
* Palestinian business leaders to boycott U.S. economic conference
* Turkish lira weakens after cenbank repos resume, FX purchase move
* With Sudan talks deadlocked, protest group calls strike
* Yemen's Houthis step up drone attacks on Saudi Arabia
EGYPT
* Egypt’s GASC receives offers for rice in tender -traders
* Egypt to raise power prices by 14.9% for FY 2019-2020 -minister
SAUDI ARABIA
* Saudi Arabia to buy U.S. LNG from Sempra Energy - WSJ
* Saudi cabinet affirms desire to avoid war, stabilise oil markets
* Appetite for Saudi Arabia tested by latest jumbo loan
* Saudi consumer prices fall in April for fourth month in a row
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* UAE welcomes 'Peace to Prosperity' economic workshop hosted in Bahrain along with U.S.
* UAE gives 6,800 investors permanent residency under new Golden Card system
KUWAIT
* BRIEF-Kuwait's Al Madar Reaches Agreement With A Creditor To Settle $1.5 Mln Debt
(Reporting By Dubai Newsroom)
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