MIDEAST - Factors to watch - July 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-Asia shares shaky as oil climbs, earnings loom MKTS/GLOB

* Brent oil tops $90 as US, Iran expand strikes in the Middle East O/R

* PRECIOUS-Gold slips as oil prices advance, Fed rate-hike voices grow GOL/

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Gulf bourses retreat as US–Iran hostilities intensify .MIDEAST

* US strikes Iran for ninth day; Iran says two oil tankers in Strait of Hormuz exploded and immobilized nL1N43M00A

* Gulf crude exports jump in July but shipments slowing on renewed hostilities, data shows nL6N43J0O5


UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* UAE's H1 non-oil foreign trade up 13.1% at 1.937 trillion dirhams, Dubai's ruler says nS8N42G00B

QATAR

* Trump says new Air Force One from Qatar will get 'maxed out' upgrades nL6N43M04I

KUWAIT

* Kuwait condemns what it calls Iranian attack on power, water desalination facility nS8N42F039

BAHRAIN

* US embassy in Bahrain says Iran may seek to target sites in central Manama nL4N43L07F


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