Mideast Stocks – Factors to watch on August 8

Mideast Stocks – Factors to watch on August 8

DUBAI - Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Sunday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy. * GLOBAL MARKETS-Wall Street muted on jobs growth as taper, Delta fears weigh * Oil falls in biggest weekly decline in months on demand worries * PRECIOUS-Gold slides over 2% as robust jobs data strengthens Fed taper bets * MIDEAST STOCKS-Major Gulf bourses shrug off geopolitical tensions * Hardline cleric Raisi sworn in as Iran president amid tensions with West * Iran denies role in tanker attack, says seeks Gulf security * Hezbollah chief Nasrallah says Beirut port explosion investigator biased * In rare challenge, Hezbollah fighters held after rocket launch * Lebanon's Mikati reports progress, albeit slow, towards forming government * Lebanese prosecutor requests documents from Salameh, source says * Tunisian president’s feud with party elites drove him to seize reins of power * Tunisia puts Ennahda official under house arrest, colleague says * UAE says it supports Tunisian president's decisions * Tunisia's annual inflation rate rises to 6.4% in July * Lebanon's Hezbollah and Israel trade fire amid Iran tensions * Israel names president's brother as U.S. envoy, points