Indian stocks to watch - Sept 16

Sept 16 (Reuters) - GLOBAL MARKETS ROUNDUP

* Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange (SES: S68.SI - news) are up 1.8

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

excluding Japan gains 1.3 percent.

* The U.S. dollar slid while bonds and shares rallied in Asia on

Monday after Lawrence Summers dropped from the race to be head

of the Federal Reserve, while progress on Syria also shored up

risk appetite.

* U.S. stock futures advanced and futures for the U.S. Treasury

10-year note gained late Sunday after Lawrence Summers withdrew

his candidacy for chairman of the Federal Reserve, as investors

bet his exit could mean a slower tapering of monetary stimulus

by the U.S. central bank.

FACTORS TO WATCH

* India will release WPI inflation data for August on Monday

around 11.30 IST (6.00GMT).

INDIAN STOCKS TO WATCH

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India's Modi crowned as opposition prime minister candidate

India relaxes quota rules for buying govt debt for

foreigners

ONGC, Shell (LSE: RDSB.L - news) to pre-empt Petrobras oil block stake sale to

Sinochem-sources

India's power ministry seeks cabinet nod for Power Grid

share sale

SBI (Taiwan OTC: 6506.TWO - news) pays 40 pct less in advance taxes - PTI in Mint

(http://link.reuters.com/kag23v)

India's Sun Pharma gets FDA nod for Prevacid generic drug

Exports set to grow 24 pct in the four months to Dec -

Economic Times (http://link.reuters.com/mag23v)

Coal India (BSE: COALINDIA.BO - news) to invite private investments in 7 blocks this

week - Economic Times (http://link.reuters.com/nag23v)

Neyveli examining 89 proposals offering coal assets abroad -

PTI in Economic Times (http://link.reuters.com/pag23v)

Singapore steps up scrutiny of some Indian bank (BSE: INDIANB.BO - news) branches

-bankers

Ford (NYSE: F - news) 's India unit says to recall more Figo, Classic cars -

India's IOC raised petrol prices from Saturday

PVR to invest 1.5 bln rupees to add 100 new screens this

fiscal - PTI in Mint (http://link.reuters.com/qag23v)

Jet sees another top exit before Etihad steps in - Business

Standard (http://link.reuters.com/rag23v)

(Compiled By Manoj Rawal)