Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Thursday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.
INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL
* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia shares rise as upbeat US data calms nerves over stretched valuations MKTS/GLOB
* Oil flat as weak demand, oil glut weigh on market O/R
* PRECIOUS-Gold edges lower as US jobs data dents rate-cut expectations GOL/
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Most Gulf bourses track global shares lower on valuation fears .MIDEAST
* US to share draft UN resolution on Gaza with most of Security Council nL6N3WH125
* Israel receives body of another hostage as Palestinian deaths reported in Gaza nL1N3WH0XW
* Turkey's Erdogan heralds "new phase" in PKK peace process nL8N3WH17N
SAUDI ARABIA
* Saudi Arabia cuts December oil prices for Asia as OPEC+ boosts output nL1N3WH1WX
* Saudi PIF-owned Avilease starts marketing five-year bond, document shows nFWN3WG24U
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* ADNOC's Covestro deal set for EU nod in coming weeks, sources say nL1N3WH0P7
* UAE'S ADNOC lowers Murban crude selling price to $65.79 a barrel for December nL1N3WH0JI
* ADNOC Drilling expands further in Gulf with new acquisition nL1N3WH0E2
* BRIEF-IHC Qtrly Attributable Profit 4.67 Bln Dirhams nFWN3WH2E8
QATAR
* EXCLUSIVE-Qatari Diar to invest $29.7 billion in project on Egypt's Mediterranean coast nL6N3WH0LY
* Qatar Airways sells entire Cathay Pacific stake for $897 million nL4N3WH1GC
IRAQ
* Former Iraq PM Maliki could heavily influence election despite troubled past nL4N3WF0IE
* Iraq awards $764 million Baghdad airport project to CAAP and Amwaj nL1N3WH16T
LIBYA
* Libya's NOC chief says 40 companies showed interest in current bid round nL1N3WH0KF
(Compiled by Bangalore newsroom)
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