MIDEAST - Factors to watch - April 20

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-Oil jumps, stocks wobble as Mideast ceasefire hangs in the balance MKTS/GLOB

* Oil claws back losses as Strait of Hormuz is closed again O/R

* PRECIOUS-Gold falls on stronger dollar amid renewed US-Iran tensions GOL/

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Gulf equities mixed as Hormuz uncertainty caps ceasefire optimism .MIDEAST

* World weighs fate of Mideast ceasefire after US seizes Iranian cargo ship nL6N41303C

* Israeli military publishes map of south Lebanon territory under its control nL1N41203B

* US seizes Iranian cargo ship, Tehran vows to retaliate nL6N411081

* Pakistan prime minister speaks with Iran's president nP8N3ZY01E

* Iranians expect no post-war respite under military rule nL1N41201T


UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* UAE asks US for a wartime financial lifeline, WSJ reports nFWN41010N

* Global economy cannot afford more Hormuz uncertainty, says CEO of oil company ADNOC nS8N40E02B


KUWAIT

* Kuwait detained US-Kuwaiti journalist over war posts, CPJ says nL1N41202Y