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July 16 (Reuters) - GLOBAL MARKETS ROUNDUP
* Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange down 1.6percent, while the MSCI-Asia Pacific index excluding Japan is 0.18 percent higher.
* Asian shares edged higher on Tuesday, taking their cuefrom U.S. shares after weaker-than-forecast retail sales growthbacked the view that the U.S. Federal Reserve will hold offreducing its bond-buying stimulus anytime soon.
* Citigroup's strong earnings helped the S&P 500 end higheron Monday for an eighth straight day, the longest such streaksince mid-January, though weak retail sales limited gains in asession with the lowest volume of the year.
FACTORS TO WATCH
* Finance Minister P. Chidambaram will address a pressconference at 0900 IST (0330 GMT) in Jaipur.
* India's Farm Minister Sharad Pawar is expected to addressmedia after the inaugural session of an event organised by hisministry. (0530 GMT)
INDIAN STOCKS TO WATCH
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