Indian stocks to watch - Nov 21

GLOBAL MARKETS ROUNDUP

* Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange (SES: S68.SI - news) down 0.41

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

excluding Japan is 1 percent lower.

* Asian stocks stumbled and the dollar stood tall on

Thursday after minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve's October

meeting hinted at stimulus tapering, while the euro was

pressured by speculation of more easing by the European Central

Bank.

* U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday after minutes from the

Federal Reserve's last meeting said the central bank could begin

to scale back its stimulus program at one of its next few

meetings.

EVENTS/FACTORS TO WATCH

* Finance Minister P. Chidambaram is attending an event at

the National University of Singapore. He is likely to speak

about signs of green shoots in the Indian economy, growing at

the slowest pace in a decade, and the government's efforts to

revive investment in manufacturing and infrastructure sectors.

* India's opposition party's prime ministerial candidate,

Narendra Modi, to address a rally in Agra in Uttar Pradesh

state.

* The ruling Congress party's vice president and a contender

to the prime ministerial post, Rahul Gandhi, will address a

rally at Champai in Mizoram state.

* India's central bank to release report on Trend and

Progress of Banking in India.

INDIAN STOCKS TO WATCH

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

does not vouch for their accuracy.

Government vows diesel decontrol, mum on way forward without

raising rates sharply (Economic Times)

(http://link.reuters.com/pud84v)

Coal India (BSE: COALINDIA.BO - news) import tender seeks 5 mln tonnes for power

firm

Indian sugar rises on hopes of import duty hike

RBI gets $22.7 bln via forex swap schemes so far

IEA and emerging countries to collaborate more closely

Petrovietnam, India's ONGC Videsh sign oil exploration pact

-report

GSPC to pick up only 1 pct equity in ONGC petro project

(Economic Times)

(http://link.reuters.com/qud84v)

Honda plans to build a car in India, launch 3 vehicles and

beef up local R&D team (Economic Times)

(http://link.reuters.com/rud84v)

FMCG firms may get high brand investments in Q3 (Economic

Times)

(http://link.reuters.com/sud84v)

Companies may shell out 30 pct market value of acquired

operator's spectrum (Economic Times)

(http://link.reuters.com/tud84v)

India's Jet Airways says closes deal with Etihad

India's GAIL eyes 1 mtpa US LNG sales through Singapore

trade unit

Sebi panel plans to revamp Esop rule (Economic Times)

(http://link.reuters.com/vud84v)

Mahanagar Gas plans Rs 1,000 crore IPO next year: Sources

(Economic Times)

(http://link.reuters.com/xud84v)

Reciprocity sword hangs over big foreign banks (Business

Standard)

(http://link.reuters.com/cyd84v)

UP gives in to sugar mills' pressure on cane pricing

(Business Line)

(http://link.reuters.com/fyd84v)

SC raps Sahara for mockery of its order (Business Standard)

(http://link.reuters.com/dyd84v)

Pan-India 3G a step closer as defence, DoT near deal

(Financial Express)

(http://link.reuters.com/gyd84v)

FMC (NYSE: FMC - news) tightens scrutiny on MCX (Mint)

(http://link.reuters.com/jyd84v)

(Compiled by Dipika Lalwani)