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 shares stumble while bond yields climb on inflation worries MKTS/GLOB

* Oil prices climb more than 3% on fears of new US-Iran combat O/R

* PRECIOUS-Gold at over one-week low as dollar, yields climb, Middle East tensions stoke inflation GOL/

* MIDEAST STOCKS-UAE stocks fall as US-Iran deadlock weighs on risk appetite [.MIDEAST]

* China signals tariff cuts, advances in farm market access after Trump-Xi summitnL6N41T066

* Trump says Xi agrees Iran must open strait, but no sign China will weigh innL4N41T04K

* Iran has 'no trust' in US, will negotiate only if it is serious, Araqchi says nL1N41S0DA

* Iraq exported 10 million barrels of oil through Strait of Hormuz in April nL1N41T03G

* Iran will announce Strait of Hormuz mechanism, collect fees, Iranian MP says nS8N415048

* Iran's stock market to reopen on Tuesday, official says nS8N40O04G

* Israel kills Hamas armed wing leader Haddad in Gaza strike nL1N41T03X

* Airlines tackle fuel cost surge with price hikes, outlook cuts nL6N41S0TZ

* Pakistan says 11 citizens, 20 Iranian nationals being repatriated from vessels seized by US nL6N41S102

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* UAE says all of its actions came under defensive measures to protect sovereignty, vital infrastructurenS8N419006

* UAE says OPEC, OPEC+ exit was sovereign strategic decision, not political move nL1N41T03U

* UAE's new oil pipeline push to double export capacity bypassing Hormuz nL6N41S0IK

EGYPT

* Egypt's unemployment rate falls to 6% in Q1 2026, CAPMAS says nS8N3YA0AU