July 4 (Reuters) – GLOBAL MARKETS ROUNDUP * Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange (SES: S68.SI – news) are up 0.28 percent and the MSCI (NYSE: MSCI – news) -Asia Pacific index excluding Japan is 0.65 percent higher. * Asian stocks opened to little fanfare on Thursday with investors cautious as key events including the European Central Bank meeting and the U.S. non-farm payrolls report loomed. * U.S. stocks ended slightly higher in a volatile half-day session on Wednesday as traders squared positions before the holiday and Friday’s job market data.
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* The Reserve Bank of India Governor Duvvuri Subbarao will be part of a two-day board meet in the Southern city of Chennai.
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Tender period for Unilever (NYSE: UL – news) open offer for Hindustan Unilever (BSE: HUL.BO – news) Ltd ends later in the day.
With eye on election, India launches huge cheap food scheme
Oil India to invite drilling bids for three wells in Cauvery block – Financial Chronicle (http://link.reuters.com/xuh49t)
Service business not for sale, says Polaris Financial’s Jain – Business Line (http://link.reuters.com/wuh49t)
Gas price hike may impact NTPC (BSE: NTPC.BO – news) -RIL case – Mint (http://link.reuters.com/zuh49t)
Deepak Fertilisers buys 24.46 pct stake in Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilisers
Piramal to buy 10 pct in Shriram Capital for 7 billion rupees – Economic Times (http://link.reuters.com/byh49t)
Bank of India (BSE: BOI.BO – news) to reduce base rate from 10.25 pct to 10.00 pct
India resumes coal mining rights grants to power producers
Sun Pharma opts out of Meda (Other OTC: MDABY – news) race as rupee falls – Business Standard (http://link.reuters.com/cyh49t)
GMR Infra to list coal mine firm on Singapore exchange – Financial Express (http://link.reuters.com/dyh49t)
India raises $ 43 mln from Hindustan Copper (BSE: HINDCOPER.BO – news) share sale
India’s May coal output down 3.25 pct y/y at 43.23 mln T -source
India’s April FDI inflows up 25 pct at $ 2.3 bln: govt (Compiled by Manoj Rawal; Editing by Supriya Kurane)