Indian stocks to watch - Feb 20

GLOBAL MARKETS ROUNDUP

* Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange (SES: S68.SI - news) are down 0.66

percent, while the MSCI (NYSE: MSCI - news) -Asia Pacific excluding Japan index

was lower 0.95 percent.

* Asian stocks languished in early trade on Thursday and the

dollar firmed, after minutes of the Federal Reserve's latest

policy meeting showed it remained on track to taper its stimulus

despite a recent spate of downbeat U.S. economic data.

* U.S. stocks slid on Wednesday in a late selloff after minutes

of the U.S. Federal Reserve's latest policy-setting meeting

indicated that the central bank will keep trimming its

bond-buying stimulus unless there is a significant economic

surprise.

KEY FACTORS/EVENTS TO WATCH

* Reserve Bank of India to release weekly money supply data

* U.S. CPI (Other OTC: CPICQ - news) data

* Bank of Japan meet minutes

INDIAN STOCKS TO WATCH

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NOTE (Stockholm: NOTE.ST - news) : Reuters has not verified third-party stories and does not

vouch for their accuracy.

U.S. energy secretary to visit India from March 10-12 -

India's Bajaj to deepen Kawasaki, KTM (Stuttgart: CIP.SG - news) partnerships to lift

exports -

FTSE suspends Essar Energy (LSE: ESSR.L - news) 's minimum free float deadline

pending bid

Telecom M&A policy likely to be presented in cabinet by Feb

27 (Mint) (http://link.reuters.com/pyj96v)

Maruti Suzuki India cuts prices by 8,500 rupees to 31,000

rupees -

Mahindra & Mahindra (Other OTC: MAHMF - news) to cut prices across vehicle range with

immediate effect -

Vodafone blames India for collapse of $2 bln tax dispute

talks -

ITC planning to foray into food business with dairy,

beverages (Economic Times) (http://link.reuters.com/qyj96v)

Government proposes relaxation of FDI norms in construction

(Economic Times) (http://link.reuters.com/ryj96v)

Modi to bat for rejig of welfare schemes (Business Standard)

(http://link.reuters.com/syj96v)

RIL to raise over $1 bln through export credit (Business

Standard) (http://link.reuters.com/tyj96v)

Infosys (NYSE: INFY - news) executive exits necessary, will continue: Narayana

Murthy (Mint) (http://link.reuters.com/vyj96v)

UBI blames Infy tool for failing to detect NPAs (Business

Standard) (http://link.reuters.com/wyj96v)

(Compiled by Dipika Lalwani)