Indian stocks to watch-April 17

IDFC

17/04/2014 03:37

April 17 (Reuters) - * Nifty futures traded on the Singapore 
Exchange  SINc1  are up 0.25 percent, while the MSCI-Asia 
Pacific excluding Japan index  .MIAPJ0000PUS  is up 0.27 
percent. 
* Asian share markets eked out gains on Thursday as dovish 
comments from the head of the U.S. Federal Reserve combined with 
an upbeat economic assessment from the central bank to lift Wall 
Street for a third straight session.  MKTS/GLOB  
* U.S. stocks rose 1 percent on Wednesday, advancing for a third 
straight session as Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen 
reaffirmed the central bank's commitment to keeping interest 
rates low and Yahoo rallied.  .N  
 
    KEY EVENTS/FACTORS TO WATCH 
* India's third-ranked IT services exporter Wipro  WIPR.NS  and 
its smaller rival HCL Technologies  HCLT.NS  will post Q4 
results. 
* S&P webinar on creditworthiness of India's sovereign, 
corporates 
     
    INDIAN STOCKS TO WATCH 
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not vouch for their accuracy. 
    
    India's Tata Consultancy sees stronger sales growth this 
year  ID:nL3N0N834J  
 
    KKR, Blackstone eye stake in Idea - Business Standard 
(http://link.reuters.com/muz58v) 
 
    Cairn Energy seeks shareholder nod to sell Cairn India stake 
- PTI in Economic Times (http://link.reuters.com/juz58v) 
 
    U.S. calls for more investment-friendly Indian government 
 ID:nL6N0N85DB  
 
    Oil India said to plan bid for $2 billion Murphy Malaysia 
assets - Bloomberg in Mint (http://link.reuters.com/kuz58v) 
 
    India's Modi says committed to no first use of nuclear 
weapons  ID:nL3N0N83PX  
 
    Mindtree says March-quarter net profit up 24 pct 
 ID:nWNBS00F9L  
 
    HSBC Bank Oman says agrees Indian business sale to Qatar's 
Doha Bank  ID:nL6N0N82O9  
 
    JSW Steel says raises stake in Vallabh Tinplate to 50 pct 
 ID:nWNBS00F9V  
 
    Piramal set to pick up 20 pct stake in Shriram Capital - 
Economic Times (http://link.reuters.com/puz58v) 
 
    IDFC, two other funds in race to buy NCC's highway assets - 
Economic Times (http://link.reuters.com/nuz58v) 
 
 (Compiled by Manoj Rawal) 
 ((manoj.rawal@thomsonreuters.com)(+91-22 6180-7219)(Reuters 
Messaging: manoj.rawal.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) 
 
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