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-Asian stocks rise after US tech earnings, oil at six-week highs MKTS/GLOB

* Oil prices hover at six-week high as Middle East shipping risks escalate O/R

* PRECIOUS-Gold off two-week peak as oil advances; Fed meeting in focus GOL/

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Most Gulf markets retreat as US-Iran hostilities escalate .MIDEAST

* Houthis say they attacked Saudi tankers in the Red Sea, threatening new chokepoint in Iran war nL4N43P06X

* Middle East war deepens 2026 oil deficit outlook, but 2027 glut still looms nL4N43G2EG

SAUDI ARABIA

* US says it reaches nuclear power deal with Saudi Arabia nL1N43O1B8

* Two Chinese supertankers with Saudi oil head to Bab el-Mandeb for Red Sea exit nL1N43P01A

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* Dubai's Emirates NBD posts flat second-quarter profit nL6N43O0VC

* DP World to build two new terminals on UAE's eastern coast, reducing Hormuz reliance nL6N43O0ZA

EGYPT

* Egypt approves oil and gas deals including Perenco North Sinai project nL6N43O0VU