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Dec 31 (Reuters) - * Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange gain 0.32 percent, while the MSCI-Asia Pacific excluding Japan index is up 0.25 percent. * Global stocks are closing out 2013 sitting on sizable gainscourtesy of super-easy monetary policies and an improvingeconomic outlook, though some emerging markets have less to crowabout as funds return to rich-world assets. * U.S. stocks closed mostly flat on Monday, with the Dow edgingup to another record closing high and the S&P 500 index'sadvance stalling in response to light trading volume and andweaker-than-forecast housing data.
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Cooper Tire terminates $2.5 bln sale to India's Apollo
India clears Tesco's $110 mln supermarket investment
India panel clears Vodafone's $1.6 bln plan to fully ownlocal unit
India's GMR agrees to sell Istanbul airport stake for $310mln
Shell, ONGC buy rest of Brazil offshore block from Petrobras
Inflation limiting RBI's ability to boost growth, says Rajan
Reliance Jio hits back at GSM players (Times of India)(http://link.reuters.com/kad75v)
Service tax amnesty scheme yields 55 bln rupees (PTI inFinancial Express)(http://link.reuters.com/jad75v)
National Housing Bank's 21 bln rupee tax-free bondsubscribed 2 times on day 1 (PTI in Economic Times)(http://link.reuters.com/had75v)
US FDA likely to inspect new Visakhapatnam facility ofDivi's Labs in Jan (Business Standard)(http://link.reuters.com/gad75v)
Financial conglomerates under regulatory oversight: Sebi(PTI in Economic Times)(http://link.reuters.com/fad75v)
India's Canara Bank raises base rate by 25 bps
Traders squeezed as Indian farmers turn stockpile gamblers
(Compiled By Dipika Lalwani)
