Factors to watch - Aug 26
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-Asia shares edge up and dollar down; oil gains MKTS/GLOB
* Oil climbs on Mideast escalation fears, US rate cut expectations O/R
* PRECIOUS-Gold holds ground on September US rate-cut expectations GOL/
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Saudi bourse gains after Fed signals lower rates; Qatar falls .MIDEAST
* Israel and Hezbollah in major missile exchange as escalation fears grow nL1N3KC00G
* No agreement in Gaza ceasefire talks in Cairo; process to continue, sources say nL1N3KC06J
* Hezbollah chief says Sunday attack on Israel went as planned, further strikes possible nL1N3KC05J
* 40,405 Palestinians killed in Israel's military offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7, Gaza health ministry says nL1N3KC02Z
* Fires observed on board Greek-flagged tanker in Red Sea, says maritime agency nL1N3KA0O7
SAUDI ARABIA
* BRIEF-STC Announces Dividends Distribution Policy For Next Three Years nFWN3KB02V
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* Rapper Macklemore cancels Dubai show to protest UAE role in Sudan war nL8N3KC06X
KUWAIT
* Kuwait picks new finance and trade ministers in cabinet shuffle nL1N3KC048
EGYPT
* Egypt warns visiting US general on Lebanon risk nL1N3KC038
JORDAN
* Royal Jordanian airlines suspends flights to Beirut, state news agency says nL1N3KC01U
SYRIA
* Suspect in German stabbing rampage is Syrian man, who confessed, authorities say nL1N3KC00T
* Syrian president says efforts to restore ties with Turkey have yielded no results nL1N3KC041
YEMEN
* Thirteen dead after boat capsized off Yemen, migration agency says nL1N3KC02C
TUNISIA
* Tunisian president shuffles cabinet ahead of presidential vote in October nL1N3KC05P
(Compiled by Bangalore newsroom)
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