GLOBAL MARKETS ROUNDUP

* Asian shares eased on Tuesday as investors booked profits

from recent strong rallies in the face of weak U.S. data and

worries that a potential political shake-up could disrupt the

eurozone's efforts to resolve its debt crisis.

* A week-old rally in the euro came to a halt on Tuesday as

investors took profits on its stellar gains in the run-up to

this week's European Central Bank policy meeting, just as

selling pressure on the yen eased off slightly.

* Oil future prices dropped alongside equities on Monday as

traders took profits after three weeks of gains and after a rise

of about 10 percent rise in oil prices since the beginning of

December.

* U.S. Treasuries prices rose on Monday as higher yields

attracted buyers and stock market losses and political news from

Europe fed a bid for safe-haven U.S. debt.

LOCAL MARKETS PREVIOUS CLOSE

* BSE index 19,751.19 (-0.15 pct)

* NSE index 5,987.25 (-0.19 pct)

* Rupee 53.285/295 per dollar (53.19/20)

* 10-year bond yield 7.94 pct (7.91 pct)

* 5-year OIS rate 7.29 pct (7.27 pct)

* 1-year OIS rate 7.64 pct (7.63 pct)

* Call money 7.75/7.85 pct (7.75/7.85 pct)

OVERNIGHT NEWS

* Anglo-Dutch oil major Royal Dutch Shell's Indian

unit will challenge a claim by the local tax authorities that a

share sale to its overseas parent in 2009 was undervalued by

$2.7 billion, the latest tax conflict involving a foreign

company in India.

* India will sell 120 billion rupees ($2.3 billion) of bonds

on Feb. 8, the Reserve Bank of India said in a statement on

Monday.

* India needs to commit to its recent reform measures and

meet its fiscal deficit targets, Fitch Ratings said on Monday,

putting further pressure on a government keen to retain

investment grade ratings.

MAJOR DEALS/ACQUISITIONS

* Etihad Airways is close to taking a stake in India's Jet

Airways, the Abu Dhabi airline said on Monday after

reporting a tripling in profits for last year.

USD/INR NDFs (NY closing prices)

* For up-to-date prices, double click

Close Open High Low Volume

53.55-60 53.50 53.55 53.48 Mod

FII INVESTMENTS-EQUITIES (Net dollars)

Feb. 4* $160.92 mln#

Month-to-date** $676.63 mln

Year-to-date** $4.74 bln

* Provisional NSE data

** Source: Data as per custodial filing as on Feb. 4 on SEBI

website.

#(As per Reuters conversion, $1 = 53.255 rupees)

FII INVESTMENTS-DEBT (Net Dollars)*

Debt

Feb. 1 $153.36 mln

Month-to-date $283.13 mln

Year-to-date $834.20 mln

* Source: Data as per custodial filing as on Feb. 4 on SEBI

website.

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES TRADING (Net buy/sell, in rupees)

Feb. 4

Foreign Banks -3.27 bln

Public Sector Banks 16.09 bln

Private Sector Banks -9.77 bln

Mutual Funds -2.35 bln

Others 6.85 bln

Primary Dealers -7.56 bln

Source: Clearing Corp of India Ltd

MONEY MARKET INFLOWS (mln rupees)

Instrument Payment Date Amount

SDL 07.32%, 2015 Interest Feb 05 91.50

(KERALA)

SDL 07.95%, 2017 Interest Feb 05 79.50

(JAMMU & KASHMIR)

SDL 07.95%, 2019 Interest Feb 05 596.25

(2 States)

SDL 07.99%, 2019 Interest Feb 05 799.00

(MAHARASHTRA)

SDL 08.01%, 2019 Interest Feb 05 190.00

(JHARKHAND)

SDL 08.02%, 2019 Interest Feb 05 802.00

(WEST BENGAL)

SDL 08.03%, 2019 Interest Feb 05 602.25

(UTTAR PRADESH)

SDL 07.24%, 2019 Interest Feb 06 236.74

(3 States)

SDL 07.26%, 2019 Interest Feb 06 435.60

(TAMIL NADU)

SDL 07.27%, 2019 Interest Feb 06 834.23

(2 States)

SDL 07.29%, 2019 Interest Feb 06 364.50

(RAJASTHAN)

For full table:

 ISSUANCES

Instrument Amount Date

State loans 76.70 bln rupees Feb. 5

T-Bills 100 bln rupees Feb. 6

LIQUIDITY

* The RBI said on Monday it accepted all 34 bids for 720.25

trillion rupees at its one-day repo auction, through which it

injects cash into the banking system. It said it accepted both

bids for 12 billion rupees at its reverse repo auction, through

which it absorbs cash from the system.

* Indian banks' refinancing with RBI falls to 83.99 billion

rupees.

* Indian banks' cash balances with RBI rise to 3.04 trillion

rupees.

(Compiled by Subhadip Sircar)

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