STOCKS TO WATCH - APR 12

GLOBAL MARKETS ROUNDUP

* Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange fell 0.11 percent, while the MSCI-Asia Pacific index excluding Japan was down 0.19 percent.
* Asian shares edged lower while the yen faced fresh lows on Friday on the back of Bank of Japan's liquidity injections.
* U.S. stocks rose for a fourth straight day on Thursday, sending the Dow and the S&P 500 to new closing highs as positive data on the labour market and an encouraging retail outlook eased recent concerns about economic growth.
FACTORS TO WATCH
* Infosys FY2013 earnings
* February industrial output, March CPI (0630 GMT)
* Court to hear case filed by Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd over the closure of its copper smelter in Tamil Nadu.
* Indian unit of Japan's Honda Motor Co Ltd unveils Amaze sedan (0800 GMT)


INDIAN STOCKS TO WATCH

*Focus on sales, not margins, drives Infosys turnaround - Reuters
*Green trouble for Adani's $10 bn investment in Australian coal mine - Business Line
*RIL gas output at all-time low, 9th well shut - PTI in Business Standard
*Essar Steel to refinance 200 bn rupees debt with dollar loan by September - PTI in Economic Times *Allied Blenders & Distillers eyeing merger with Tilaknagar Industries in a $1bn deal - Times of India
*How NTPC paved the way to foreign bonds - twice - IFR World Bank says to lend India up to $5 billion a year - Reuters
*Berger Paints India sets floor price for share sale at 185 rupees/shr - Reuters
*Indian gold ETF growth slows to 18 pct in FY13 - Reuters
*Singh, Merkel say EU and India move closer to free trade deal - Reuters
*Netwrok18 group arm Capital18 may sell Colosceum stake - Mint
*NSE plans to go global through partnerships - Mint
*Dr Reddy's Labs recalls muscle relaxant drug from US market - PTI in Mint
*AB Nuvo plans to invest 80 bn rupees in financial services, fertiliser business - Business Standard *Union Bank of India to raise $500 mn via medium term notes - Business Standard
*kea understated FY09 profit by 85 pct, says I-T - Financial Express

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