Mideast Stocks: Factors to watch on July 6

Mideast Stocks: Factors to watch on July 6

DUBAI - 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 * Asia opens higher, but China tech worries weigh on Hong Kong * Oil rises further on hopes of tighter supply as OPEC+ talks abandoned * PRECIOUS-Gold hovers near 2-week high on softer dollar, Fed minutes awaited * MIDEAST STOCKS-Abu Dhabi stocks near record high but other Gulf bourses in red * Biden administration pushes for 'compromise solution' in OPEC+ talks * OPEC+ abandons oil policy meeting after Saudi-UAE clash * ANALYSIS-OPEC disagreement lays bare growing UAE-Saudi economic rivalry EGYPT * Egypt reports 14.9% rise in deaths in first half 2021 from year earlier * Egypt's buys 240,000 tonnes of wheat in tender SAUDI ARABIA * Saudi Arabia to invest over $133 bln in transport sector, minister says * Saudi Arabia amends import rules from Gulf in challenge to UAE * Appoints Stuart T. Gulliver, Khalid H. Al-Dabbagh As Board Members * Saudi non-oil sector employment rises amid steady growth - PMI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES * Abu Dhabi real estate firm, owned by ruling family, in dollar sukuk sale *