Mideast Stocks: Factors to watch - August 13

JBF Industries

13/08/2017 04:55

DUBAI, Aug 13 (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-Global stocks selloff stops at Wall Street; 
gold, yen tick up  MKTS/GLOB  
    * MIDEAST STOCKS-Kuwait's Zain surges on Omantel move, Egypt 
falls on high inflation  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KW5MZ 
    * Oil prices up amidst higher global demand, Nigeria 
instability  O/R  
    * PRECIOUS-Gold buoyed by global tensions, U.S. inflation 
data  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N1KX2XQ 
    * Trump will send envoys to Middle East to discuss peace 
-official  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1KX19E 
    * Trump administration defends travel ban in U.S. Supreme 
Court brief  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1KX038 
    * Iraq's Kurds stick to independence vote despite U.S. 
request to postpone it  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KY07P 
    * Islamic State still a threat as Mosul residents return to 
city in ruins  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KW2M0 
    * Iraq issues tender to buy 50,000 tonnes of wheat 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KX4Q9 
    * Iran in talks to buy 48 Airbus helicopters - report 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KY0DJ 
    * Russia says "a pity" U.S. casts doubt on Iran nuclear deal 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nR4N1KU00L 
    * Iran dismisses Tajik civil war claims as attempt to damage 
ties  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KW1OQ 
    * Soccer-Iran asked to explain dropping players who faced 
Israeli team  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KX54T 
    * More Syrians returning home, still outnumbered by fresh 
displacements - U.N.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KX3LD 
    * Seven Syrian rescue volunteers killed in shooting 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KY0F1 
    * "Logistics" hold up Lebanese deal for rebels, refugees to 
return to Syria  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KY08A 
    * Syrian army secures Islamic State-held town in Homs 
province-state media  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KY05A 
    * Syrian army gains ground on Jordan border in southwest 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KW4Q9 
    * ANALYSIS-Hezbollah steers Lebanon closer to Syria, 
straining efforts to stay neutral  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KX1QE 
    * Libyan military commander Haftar visiting Russia - RIA 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KY0CW 
    * More than half a million children in Libya need help 
-UNICEF  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1KW1ME 
    * MSF suspends Mediterranean rescues as migrant dispute 
mounts  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KY0ER 
    * Yemen's Houthis target coalition warship, agency reports 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KY0DT 
    * U.N. signals not responsible for controlling Yemen's main 
airport  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1KX1C7 
    * Nineteen migrants feared drowned after being forced from 
boat off Yemen - U.N. agency  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KW3OH 
    * Israel warns Hamas not to try to foil its anti-tunnel Gaza 
wall  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KW2TZ 
    * U.N. urges end to Gaza crisis in punishing summer heat 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KX2SW 
    * Sudan invited to U.S.-Egyptian military exercises - 
ministry  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KX4ES 
 
    EGYPT 
    * Egypt inflation surges to 35 pct in July after subsidy 
cuts  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KW17S 
    * Average yields drop on Egypt's six-month, one-year T-bills 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KW577 
    * Italian tourist held over killing of hotel supervisor at 
Egyptian resort  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N1KY07Z 
    * Egypt train crash kills dozens, injures more than 100 
people  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KX4F7 
    * Islamic state claimes responsibility for attack on 
Egyptian police car -AMAQ  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KW2RD 
 
    SAUDI ARABIA 
    * EXCLUSIVE-Saudi Arabia favours New York for Aramco listing 
despite risks -sources  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KX2UE 
    * Saudi's Falih doesn't rule out more oil cuts but kingdom 
won't take unilateral action - Al Sharq  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KX0OG 
    * Saudi Falih says talks with Iraq focused on oil pact, 
investment discussed  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KW4SF 
    * Saudi Arabia tenders to purchase 660,000 T feed barley 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KW1L8 
 
    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 
    * Malaysia's 1MDB says $350 mln paid to Abu Dhabi for debt 
deal  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N1KX29J 
    * Four UAE soldiers die after helicopter crash in Yemen - 
agency  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KY03H 
    * UAE jails man for spying for Iran, nuclear work - Gulf 
press  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KW2IR 
    * UAE's TAQA to refinance $500 mln bond due in October - 
official  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nD5N1FR020 
    * Abu Dhabi's Union National Bank updating bond programme - 
sources  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KW219 
    * JBF promoters pledge more equity with lenders as shares 
slump  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1KX07Z 
    * UAE's JBF RAK PET output stalls amid debt restructuring - 
COO  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N1KW4E8 
     
    KUWAIT 
    * Kuwait says responding to oil spill in Ras al-Zour area 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KY0FP 
    * Kuwait says taking measures against North Korea - KUNA 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1KW1UP 
    * Kuwait says arrests 12 convicted in 2015 Iran spy case 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KY02Y 
    * Omantel to buy nearly 10 pct of Kuwait's Zain Group for 
$846.1 mln  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KW13B 
 
 (Compiled by Dubai Newsroom) 
 
Keywords: MIDEAST FACTORS/