DUBAI, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.
* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares lurch lower as Fed seen plotting faster rate hikes
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Gulf mostly weak but Vodafone Qatar soars on earnings, licence news
* U.S. oil prices fall for second day after stockpiles rise
* PRECIOUS-Gold prices flat, Fed’s rate hike outlook weighs
* Middle East Crude-Benchmarks hold steady
* Trump discusses Iran in calls with Saudi, UAE leaders -White House
* Russian truce plan fails to halt bombing of Syria’s Ghouta
* OPEC to meet with U.S. shale firms in Houston on Monday -sources
* Iraq PM agrees with Kurdish authorities to resume Kirkuk oil exports
* Chemical weapons watchdog investigates Ghouta attacks - sources
* Algeria’s Sonatrach agrees to build petrochemical facility in Turkey -Erdogan
* Turkey’s TAV weighs buying stake in Istanbul’s Antalya airport - Bloomberg
* Iraq says in talks with Chevron about Majnoun oilfield
* Britain may join U.S. strikes against Syria if chemical weapon use proven
* Egypt calls for BBC boycott amid dispute over critical report
* Saudi Arabia reshuffles military, promotes woman at labour ministry
* Saudi’s SABIC in talks to join Shell in Iraq’s Nebras petchem project
* Saudi Crown Prince to visit Britain on March 7 - PM May’s spokesman
* Saudi central bank chief: can deal with any pressure on dollar peg
* First Abu Dhabi Bank concludes $650 mln five-year sukuk
* Emirates Global Aluminium hopes to list in 2018 as profits surge
* ADNOC likely to engage more with banks that have Abu Dhabi presence
* UAE central bank chief: fintech very beneficial to banking sector
* UAE c.bank says final decision on EIBOR system this year
* Abu Dhabi sovereign fund exec says normalisation of interest rates main challenge to investors
* Dubai airport passenger traffic falls 1 pct in January
* Moody’s downgrades Ezdan Holding Group Q.S.C’s ratings to B1; stable outlook
* TABLE-Qatar January trade surplus balloons 52 pct from a year ago (Compiled by Dubai newsroom)