Factors to watch - Nov 5

Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Thursday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.

INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL

* GLOBAL MARKETS-Oil and data centre stocks sink after US midterms MKTS/GLOB

* Oil falls for a fourth day on expectations for lower risk of Iran war escalation O/R

* PRECIOUS-Gold hits a two-week high as dollar, Treasury yields ease after US midterm elections GOL/

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Dubai leads Gulf gains as investors assess US midterm fallout and Iran standoff .MIDEAST

* Vance repudiates Iran war after US electoral defeat

* Democratic Congress could test decades of US support for Israel

* Netanyahu rivals seize on Democrats' sweep of US Congress, seeking his ouster

* COLUMN-Middle East to pay for Trump's midterm rout: Bousso

* Iran's Khamenei says US hostility will persist regardless of party in power

* Iran's IRGC says two tankers and tugboat caught fire in Strait of Hormuz

SAUDI ARABIA

* Saudi, Syrian defence ministries sign cooperation agreement, SPA reports
* Turkey's parliament set to ratify defence pact with Saudi Arabia, Pakistan as Houthi attacks mount

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* Dubai's Emaar plans offer to buy out construction arm in $3.4 billion deal
* BRIEF-Abu Dhabi Airports Welcomes 8.61 Million Passengers In Q3 2026, Up 1.4% Y/Y- AD Media Office
* BRIEF-UAE Mulls Third Crude Oil Pipeline To Avoid Strait Of Hormuz - Bloomberg News
* BRIEF-ADNOC Signs Agreements With Japan Bank For International Cooperation, Securing $1 Bln In Green Financing
* BRIEF-ADNOC Says ADNOC Trading And Covestro Sign A Framework Cooperation Agreement

QATAR

* BRIEF-Qatar Airways Connects Doha To Caracas, Venezuela, And Bogotá, Colombia With First Flight

IRAQ

* Iraq's average oil exports rose in October, energy officials say


YEMEN

* Red Cross delivers essential medical supplies to Yemen's besieged Taiz city