Nov 1 (Reuters) - GLOBAL MARKETS ROUNDUP* Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange edge down 0.25percent and the MSCI-Asia Pacific index excluding Japan falls 0.15 percent. * Asian shares sagged on Friday though upbeat signals on China'smanufacturing activity limited losses, while the dollar pushedhigher after upbeat U.S. data led some investors to price-in aless dovish stance at the U.S. Federal Reserve. * U.S. stocks finished lower on Thursday as the FederalReserve's statement the day before added to investors' anxietyabout the timing of a pullback in its stimulus programme.
EVENTS/FACTORS TO WATCH* India October PMI reading. (0500GMT) * India October auto sales numbers. * India forex reserves, bank lending data
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Jobs on the line as India's gold sector suffers under govtcurbs -
Indian tyre makers the big winners from rubber price slump -
India's fiscal deficit touches 76 pct of full-year target -govt -
India's Sept infrastructure output up 8 pct y/y - govt -
TVS Motors will turn debt-free by fiscal 2015: CFO - Mint(http://link.reuters.com/fyc44v)
RBI permits hike in FII limit in Tata Motors through DVR -PTI in Economic Times (http://link.reuters.com/gyc44v)
Tata Motors Singapore to raise $500 million of debt -Economic Times (http://link.reuters.com/hyc44v)
New Delhi Airport operator, GMR Infra, seeks US expansion -Economic Times (http://link.reuters.com/jyc44v)
India's Sesa Sterlite July-Sept net up more than four fold -
Gillette India Sept-quarter net down 39 pct -
India's MCX founder Jignesh Shah resigns from board -
India's HCL Tech ups FII investment limit from 30 pct to 49pct -
India's IOC cuts petrol prices from Friday -
India's Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Sept-quarter net profitmarginally down -
India's Infrastructure Development Finance Sept-qtr netprofit up 2 pct -
India's Future Retail posts Sept-quarter net loss -
India's Aptech Sept-quarter net up 45.64 pct -
Vodafone slashes data prices by 80 pct across the country -PTI in Economic Times (http://link.reuters.com/kyc44v)
FDI in India jumps 35 pc to $13.6 billion in January-July2013 - PTI in Economic Times (http://link.reuters.com/myc44v)
RCom to offer new iPhones for 2,500 rupees per month under2-year contract - Business Line (http://link.reuters.com/nyc44v) (Compiled By Manoj Rawal)