GLOBAL MARKETS ROUNDUP

* Asian shares advanced on Friday morning after brisk U.S.

factory activity data and a commitment to easy monetary policy

by European central banks and the Federal Reserve buoyed Wall

Street to record highs overnight.

* The U.S. dollar held onto overnight gains early in Asia on

Friday, having posted its biggest one-day rally in a month after

a batch of upbeat economic data supported the Federal Reserve's

plan to start reducing stimulus this year.

* U.S. crude oil prices rose more than 2 percent on

Thursday, narrowing the discount to European Brent for a second

day, on a wave of surprisingly upbeat global economic data and

supply disruptions in Africa and Iraq.

* U.S. Treasuries prices fell on Thursday with benchmark

yields rising near two-year highs as encouraging readings on

jobs and factory activity supported the view the Federal Reserve

will dial back its bond purchases sooner rather than later.

LOCAL MARKETS PREVIOUS CLOSE

* BSE index 19,317.19 (-0.15 pct)

* NSE index 5,727.85 (-0.25 pct)

* Rupee 60.43/44 per dollar (60.40/41)

* 10-year bond yield 8.07 pct (8.17 pct)

* 5-year OIS rate 8.37 pct (8.41 pct)

* 1-year OIS rate 9.36 pct (9.49 pct)

* Call money 7.5/7.6 pct (9.75/9.85 pct)

KEY FACTORS/EVENTS TO WATCH

* India to sell stake in three companies via share auction.

* RBI chief to speak at event in Hyderabad.

* RBI forex reserves data.

OVERNIGHT NEWS

* India relaxed sourcing and investment rules for the retail

sector on Thursday in a renewed attempt to attract foreign

supermarket chains such as Wal-Mart Stores and Tesco .

DEALS

* India's federal cabinet on Thursday approved a proposal to

divest 10 percent of the government's stake in state refiner

Indian Oil Corp Ltd, Information and Broadcasting

Manish Tewari told reporters.

* The $400m five-year term loan for Jindal Steel & Power has

closed following commitments from five banks in general

syndication. Of the eight mandated lead arrangers and

bookrunners - ANZ, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, BNP

Paribas, Credit Agricole, Deutsche Bank, RBS and Standard

Chartered Bank - all but CA ended up with $36.428m each. The

French lender took $50m. (IFR)

USD/INR NDFs (NY closing prices)

* For up-to-date prices, double click

Close Open High Low Volume

61.13-17 61.23 61.18 60.89 High

FII INVESTMENTS-EQUITIES (Net dollars)

Aug 1* $29.54 mln#

Month-to-date** $28.98 mln

Year-to-date** $12.51 bln

* Provisional NSE data

** Source: Data as per custodial filing as on Aug 1 on SEBI

website.

#(As per Reuters conversion, $1 = 60.265 rupees)

FII INVESTMENTS-DEBT (Net Dollars)*

Debt

July 31 -$100.44 mln

Month-to-date -$100.44 mln

Year-to-date -$3.31 bln

* Source: Data as per custodial filing as on Aug 1 on SEBI

website.

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

Aug 1

Foreign Banks 906.24 mln

Public Sector Banks 1.26 bln

Private Sector Banks 253.12 mln

Mutual Funds -4.15 bln

Others 697.22 mln

Primary Dealers 1.03 bln

Source: Clearing Corp of India Ltd

MONEY MARKET INFLOWS

Instrument Payment Date Amount

SDL 08.50%, 2021 Interest Aug 02 1721.25

(5 States)

SDL 08.53%, 2021 Interest Aug 02 106.63

(PUDUCHERRY)

6.05% FEB 2019 Interest Aug 02 16032.50

8.08% 2022 Interest Aug 02 25035.64

8.26% 2027 Interest Aug 02 30325.49

8.32% 2032 Interest Aug 02 6420.56

SDL 08.31%, 2020 Interest Aug 03 332.40

(GUJARAT)

SDL 08.32%, 2020 Interest Aug 03 166.40

(HARYANA)

SDL 08.34%, 2020 Interest Aug 03 625.50

(MAHARASHTRA)

SDL 08.39%, 2020 Interest Aug 03 827.97

(2 States)

SDL 08.40%, 2020 Interest Aug 03 404.25

(ASSAM)

SDL 08.44%, 2020 Interest Aug 03 79.34

(SIKKIM)

91 days T-Bill Redemption Aug 03 175000.00

182 days T-Bill Redemption Aug 03 40000.00

SDL 06.60%, 2013 Interest Aug 04 369.88

(3 States)

SDL 08.32%, 2020 Interest Aug 04 1014.00

(3 States)

SDL 08.37%, 2020 Interest Aug 04 502.20

(UTTAR PRADESH)

SDL 08.42%, 2020 Interest Aug 04 210.50

(JAMMU & KASHMIR)

ISSUANCES

INSTRUMENT AMOUNT (in bln rupees) DATE

Bonds 150 Aug 2

LIQUIDITY

* The RBI accepted all 61 repo bids for 377.16 billion

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

liquidity into the banking system. It also accepted all 5 bids

for 4.03 billion rupees at its reverse repo auction, through

which it absorbs excess liquidity from the banking system.Ÿ

* Indian banks' refinancing with RBI falls to 440.67

billion rupees.

* Indian banks' cash balances with RBI rise to 3.31 trillion

rupees.

(Compiled by Subhadip Sircar)

Keywords: MARKETS INDIA FX DEBT/PREOPENER

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