MIDEAST - Factors to watch - March 13

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-Stocks gain after mild US inflation; yields buoyed by trade tensions * Oil slips amid macroeconomic concerns despite firm demand expectations * PRECIOUS-Gold rises as tariff uncertainty, cooler inflation data lend support * MIDEAST STOCKS-Gulf markets end mixed on Ukraine ceasefire hopes, tariff fears * Hamas official welcomes Trump’s apparent retreat on call to displace Gazans * Arab states to keep talking with Trump envoy on Egypt's Gaza plan SYRIA* US steered Syrian Kurds towards Damascus deal, sources say * Group of senior Syrian Druze expected to visit Israeli-occupied Golan Heights [nL1N3PV13VSAUDI ARABIA* Saudi Exchange Approves Morgan Stanley To Conduct Market Making Activities On 20 Listed Securities UNITED ARAB EMIRATES* Abu Dhabi-backed investor buys into Binance with $2 bln of crypto * Adnoc Gas Appoints Al Ramz Capital As Liquidity Provider EGYPT* Egypt to cut fuel subsidies to cost recovery level by December, IMF says [nL1N3PV0Q6LEBANON* Lebanon's finance minister says there will be a new deal with IMF