Indian stocks to watch - Jan 31

GLOBAL MARKETS ROUNDUP

* Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange (SES: S68.SI - news) gain 0.14

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

falls 0.1 percent.

* Asian stocks struggled to push higher on Friday, but did get

some momentum from data showing strong U.S. growth and calming

emerging market nerves after several days of turmoil.

* The S&P 500 scored its biggest gain in more than a month on

Thursday as Facebook (NasdaqGS: FB - news) led a tech rally and data showed the U.S.

economy was on solid footing in the fourth quarter.

EVENTS/FACTORS TO WATCH

* India will release federal fiscal deficit data

for the April-December period on Jan. 31 at around 1400 IST.

* India will likely release monthly infrastructure data for

December.

* India will release first revised GDP data for the fiscal year

that ended in March 2013. (1730 IST)

* RBI to release forex reserves, bank loan data. (1700 IST)

* Earnings on Friday: IDFC Ltd, Punjab National Bank (BSE: PNB.BO - news)

and Oriental Bank of Commerce (BSE: OBC.BO - news) .

INDIAN STOCKS TO WATCH

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India cbank chief: must prevent extreme volatility in rupee

- Bloomberg TV -

India's central bank acts to counter bad loans -

Norway's $810 bln fund excludes two Israeli, one Indian firm

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UK's Greenko may buy Lanco Infra's hydro project - Mint

(http://link.reuters.com/pyg56v)

Engineers India follow-on offer gets ministerial panel

approval - Business Line (http://link.reuters.com/qyg56v)

Aditya Birla Nuvo to sell BPO unit Minacs - Mint

(http://link.reuters.com/ryg56v)

India's Trent Oct-Dec net up 11.9 pct -

India's Hero MotoCorp profit rises 7.5 pct, misses estimates

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India's Neyveli Lignite Oct-Dec net more than doubles -

India's DGCA withdraws time slots for some Jet, GoAir,

Indigo flights for CAR violations -

EID Parry India posts Oct-Dec net profit -

India's Bayer CropScience Oct-Dec net falls 95.7 pct -

(Compiled by Manoj Rawal)