MIDEAST - Factors to watch - March 14

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DUBAI, March 14 (Reuters) - Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy. INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL
* GLOBAL MARKETS-Japanese banks slide as SVB contagion fear rattles markets
* Oil prices fall $1 as SVB collapse spooks financial markets
* PRECIOUS-Gold holds above $1,900 as SVB collapse fuels Fed slowdown hopes
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Most Gulf markets in red as banking fears rattle markets
* EMERGING MARKETS-Currencies rise as dollar weakens on likely pause in Fed hikes
* Middle East Crude-Murban drops as Brent/Dubai EFS narrows; ADNOC sets Apr Murban price
* New Tunisian parliament elects its speaker in its first session
* Kenya signs oil deals with ADNOC and Saudi Aramco to curb FX pressure
* Iran pardons 22,000 people who took part in protests
* Russia suggests renewing Black Sea grain deal for shorter term
* UN implicated in Syria aid failures after earthquake - commission
* Two decades after Saddam's fall, Iraqis still haunted by disappearances
* Tunisia tenders to buy estimated 234,000 tonnes wheat - traders EGYPT
* Egypt withholding identity papers from dissidents abroad - rights group
* Soccer-Salah's villa in Cairo burgled - reports SAUDI ARABIA
* Boeing expected to sell nearly 80 787 planes to Saudi airlines - source
* Serie A clinches new deal to stage Supercup in Saudi Arabia
* Saudi Arabia buys 1.043 mln T of wheat for July-Aug arrival - GFSA
* Soccer-Moroccan Zaki appointed Sudan coach, funded by Saudis UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* Abu Dhabi's ADNOC Gas shares up 18% over IPO price KUWAIT
* Kuwait Finance House has around $1.2 million exposure to SVB USA
* National Bank Of Kuwait has $4.9 mln exposure to SVB in form of letters of guarantee BAHRAIN
* GFH Financial Group sells 96.7 million treasury shares to Dubai Investments (Compiled by Dubai newsroom)

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