Indian stocks to watch - Dec 31

Dec 31 (Reuters) - * Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange (SES: S68.SI - news) gain 0.32 percent, while the MSCI (NYSE: MSCI - news) -Asia Pacific excluding Japan index is up 0.25 percent. * Global stocks are closing out 2013 sitting on sizable gains courtesy of super-easy monetary policies and an improving economic outlook, though some emerging markets have less to crow about as funds return to rich-world assets. * U.S. stocks closed mostly flat on Monday, with the Dow edging up to another record closing high and the S&P 500 index's advance stalling in response to light trading volume and and weaker-than-forecast housing data.

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Cooper Tire terminates $2.5 bln sale to India's Apollo

India clears Tesco (Xetra: TCO.DE - news) 's $110 mln supermarket investment

India panel clears Vodafone's $1.6 bln plan to fully own local unit

India's GMR agrees to sell Istanbul airport stake for $310 mln

Shell (LSE: RDSB.L - news) , ONGC buy rest of Brazil offshore block from Petrobras (Berlin: PJXC.BE - news)

Inflation limiting RBI's ability to boost growth, says Rajan

Reliance Jio hits back at GSM players (Times of India) (http://link.reuters.com/kad75v)

Service tax amnesty scheme yields 55 bln rupees (PTI in Financial Express) (http://link.reuters.com/jad75v)

National Housing Bank's 21 bln rupee tax-free bond subscribed 2 times on day 1 (PTI in Economic Times) (http://link.reuters.com/had75v)

US FDA likely to inspect new Visakhapatnam facility of Divi's Labs in Jan (Business Standard) (http://link.reuters.com/gad75v)

Financial conglomerates under regulatory oversight: Sebi (PTI in Economic Times) (http://link.reuters.com/fad75v)

India's Canara Bank raises base rate by 25 bps

Traders squeezed as Indian farmers turn stockpile gamblers

(Compiled By Dipika Lalwani)