GLOBAL MARKETS ROUNDUP
        * Asian shares mostly steadied on  Thursday as investors
    awaited a flurry of Chinese economic  indicators later in the
    day, but energy stocks slumped after oil  prices fell to
    four-year lows. 
        * The dollar took time out from its  rally against the yen
    and euro early on Thursday as traders  awaited a batch of Chinese
    and U.S. data, while the British pound  languished at 14-month
    lows versus its U.S. peer after dovish  messages from the Bank of
    England. 
        * Benchmark Brent crude fell below  $80 a barrel on Wednesday
    for the first time since 2010 on  technical selling, pressure
    from a strong dollar and after Saudi  Arabia's oil minister
    refused to say if the kingdom will  support calls from some OPEC
    members to cut crude output. 
        * U.S. Treasuries prices traded  mostly flat on Wednesday,
    erasing early gains, after the bond  market absorbed $24 billion
    in new supply of benchmark U.S.  government debt. 
                        
        LOCAL MARKETS PREVIOUS CLOSE
        * BSE index 28,008.90 (up 0.35 pct)
        * NSE index 8,383.30 (up 0.25 pct)
        * Rupee 61.4925/5000 per dlr  (61.55/56)
        * 10-year bond yield 8.16 pct (8.19  pct)  
        * 5-year OIS rate 7.40 pct (7.41  pct)
        * 1-year OIS rate 7.99 pct (8.01  pct)
        * Call money 7.40/7.50 pct  (8.80/8.90 pct)
        
        KEY FACTORS TO WATCH
        * India trade data to be released by  Nov. 14, there is no
    fixed date for the release of the data.
        * India central bank chief Raghuram  Rajan to talk at a
    microfinance event at 10 a.m.
        
        OVERNIGHT NEWS
        * India's economic outlook  brightened on Wednesday with a
    surprise pickup in industrial output and  further cooling in
    consumer prices, data showed, boosting  Prime Minister Narendra
    Modi's bid to end the longest slowdown  in growth in decades.
     
        
        KEY DEALS
        * Indian generic drugmaker Aurobindo  Pharma Ltd 
    said its U.S. unit won a bankruptcy  auction to buy nutritional
    supplements maker Natrol Inc for $132.5  million. 
              
        USD/INR NDFs (NY closing prices) 
        For up-to-date prices, double click  PNDF
         Open     High     Low        Close      Volume
        61.79    61.75    61.66      61.68-69      N/A
     
        FII INVESTMENTS-EQUITIES (Net  dollars)
        Nov 12*                       $74.80  mln
        Month-to-date**                $1.36  bln
        Year-to-date**                $15.06  bln
        * Provisional NSE data         
        ** Source: Data as per the latest  custodial filing as on
    Nov. 12 on NSDL's website.
     
        FII INVESTMENTS-DEBT (Net Dollars)   Debt
        Nov. 11                    $225.35  mln                    
        Month-to-date              $597.30  mln
        Year-to-date                $23.14  bln
        * Source: Data as per latest  custodial filing as on Nov 12
    on NSDL's website.
                                  
        GOVERNMENT SECURITIES TRADING (Net  buy/sell, in rupees) 
                                               Nov 12
        Foreign Banks                         28.90 bln
        Public Sector Banks                  -50.99 bln
        Private Sector  Banks                  0.92 bln
        Mutual Funds                          95.28 bln
        Others                                -5.14 bln
        Primary Dealers                       16.79 bln
        
        LIQUIDITY
        * The Reserve Bank of India said on  Wednesday it accepted
    all 43 bids for 178.49 billion rupees  ($2.90 billion) at its
    one-day repo auction, through which it  injects liquidity into
    the banking system. 
        * Indian banks' refinancing with RBI  rises to 93.70 billion
    rupees. 
        * Indian banks' cash balances with  RBI rise to 3.55 trillion
    rupees.