MIDEAST - Factors to watch - May 1

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DUBAI, May 1 (Reuters) - 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
* Wall St Week Ahead-Recession worries simmer beneath US stock market rally
* Oil prices dip on U.S. rate hike expectations, weak China PMI
* PRECIOUS-Gold slips on firmer dollar as focus turns to Fed meet
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Saudi bourse gains on rising oil prices; Egypt falls
* POLL-OPEC+ cuts, China demand will steer oil towards $90 by year-end
* Iranian president scheduled to visit Damascus on Wednesday - IRNA
* Jordan to host talks on Syria's return to Arab League
* Libya's Mellitah complex, 2 fields to halt work for maintenance -NOC
* Natural gas pumping resumes from Libya's Brega to Al-khums - NOC EGYPT
* Egypt signs transport investment deal with Japan valued at about $700 mln
* Middle And West Delta Flour Mills Nine-Month Profit Rises
* Delta Sugar Q1 Profit Rises
* Memphis Pharmaceuticals And Chemical Industries Nine- Month Profit Rises
* General Company For Silos And Storage Nine-Month Profit Rises
* Middle Egypt Flour Mills Nine-Month Profit Rises SAUDI ARABIA
* TABLE-Saudi money supply increase in March
* Naqi Water Secures Regulatory Approval To Produce And Sell Bottled Drinking Water
* Ghida Alsultan For Fast Food FY Profit Rises
* Budget Saudi Signs Agreement To Acquire 70% Of Overseas Development Co Ltd Shares In Saudi UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* IHC Board Elects Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan As Chairman
* Dubai ruler appoints new second deputy - Dubai Media office
* Etihad Airways plans to triple passengers, double fleet amid strategy shift
* Mashreqbank Q1 Net Profit Rises
* Abu Dhabi's FAB Q1 profit down 23%, but loans and deposits rise
* Dubai's Emirates NBD Q1 profit more than doubles to 6 bln dirhams QATAR
* Mannai Corporation Q1 Profit Falls
* Qatar Islamic Insurance Q1 Profit Rises
* Al Khaleej Takaful Insurance Q1 Profit Rises OMAN
* Oman's National Finance Q1 Income Falls KUWAIT
* Kuwait Finance House Qtrly Profit Rises
* Kuwait's Ahli United Bank Qtrly Profit Rises (Compiled by Dubai newsroom)

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