Mideast Stocks: Factors to watch on October 19

Mideast Stocks: Factors to watch on October 19

* Oil prices little changed ahead of China GDP data * MIDEAST STOCKS-Egypt stocks hit by blue-chip selloff, Gulf markets quiet * PRECIOUS-Gold set for weekly decline as U.S. stimulus hopes ebb  * INTERVIEW-Trump envoy hopes Israeli-Arab peace deals will continue whatever the U.S. election result * Top Christian clerics urge Lebanese leaders to agree on government  * White House official went to Syria seeking Americans' release * Syria needs up to 200,000 T of wheat per month to meet shortfall -minister  * Tunisia government to pump $1.5 billion into state firms, agrees to raise wages * Senior PLO official Erekat taken to hospital after COVID-19 condition worsens * Sudan's premier backs demands for justice as ICC prosecutor visits  EGYPT* Egyptian grandfather becomes world's oldest soccer pro  SAUDI ARABIA* Islamic