July 4 (Reuters) - GLOBAL MARKETS ROUNDUP * Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange SINc1 are up 0.28 percent and the MSCI-Asia Pacific index excluding Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS 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. MKTS/GLOB * 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. .N FACTORS TO WATCH * The Reserve Bank of India Governor Duvvuri Subbarao will be part of a two-day board meet in the Southern city of Chennai. INDIAN STOCKS TO WATCH For additional press items double click IN-PRESS NOTE: Reuters has not verified third-party stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Tender period for Unilever open offer for Hindustan Unilever Ltd ends later in the day. ID:nBSEb0zG3N ID:nL3N0DH0JV With eye on election, India launches huge cheap food scheme ID:nL3N0F81QH 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-RIL case - Mint (http://link.reuters.com/zuh49t) Deepak Fertilisers buys 24.46 pct stake in Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilisers ID:nWNBS004FA Piramal to buy 10 pct in Shriram Capital for 7 billion rupees - Economic Times (http://link.reuters.com/byh49t) Bank of India to reduce base rate from 10.25 pct to 10.00 pct ID:nWNBS004F5 India resumes coal mining rights grants to power producers ID:nL3N0F92SO Sun Pharma opts out of Meda 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 share sale ID:nL3N0F92L9 India's May coal output down 3.25 pct y/y at 43.23 mln T -source ID:nL3N0F835A India's April FDI inflows up 25 pct at $2.3 bln: govt ID:nD8N0F200Z (Compiled by Manoj Rawal; Editing by Supriya Kurane) ((manoj.rawal@thomsonreuters.com)(+91-22 6180-7219)(Reuters Messaging: manoj.rawal.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) Keywords: MARKETS INDIA STOCKS/PRE OPEN