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* India clamps down on gold imports

* Singapore funds benefit from Asian wealth

* Deposed Egyptian president's family accuses army of kidnapping

* Belarus looks to China for investment in infrastructure

* GlaxoSmithKline says Chinese laws might have been violated

* Emerging Stocks Climb to Six-Week High on China Growth Optimism

* Developers spot chance to plug India's affordable housing gap

* Carlos Slim gets new competition in Colombia

* Bumi shares see turbulent return to trading

* Egyptian stocks rally as optimism grows over technocratic government

Markets: up

India clamps down on gold imports
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has put new restrictions in place to limit gold imports, in an attempt to control the country's unsustainable current account deficit and ease pressures on the depreciating rupee.
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Singapore funds benefit from Asian wealth
Singapore's position as one of the world's fastest-growing wealth management hubs was highlighted on Tuesday when it said assets under management rose more than a fifth over the past year.
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Deposed Egyptian president's family accuses army of kidnapping
The family of Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's deposed president, said it had not heard from him since he was overthrown 20 days ago and would attempt to seek justice by appealing to the International Criminal Court.
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Belarus looks to China for investment in infrastructure
"Here is where we are on the plan," said Alexei Semenenkov, poking a finger at a colourful zoning map and peering into the mixed pine and birch forest stretching into the distance. "One day we'll have a city here – roads, factories, apartments, shops and parks."
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GlaxoSmithKline says Chinese laws might have been violated
China's investigation of how western drug companies operate in the country broadened on Monday as GlaxoSmithKline admitted wrongdoing by staff. Abbas Hussain, GSK's president of international operations, said that senior China-based executives "appear to have acted outside of our processes and controls which breaches Chinese law".
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Emerging Stocks Climb to Six-Week High on China Growth Optimism
Emerging-market stocks rose, sending the benchmark index to a six-week high, as investors speculated China's government will boost spending to maintain growth of at least 7 percent in the world's second-biggest economy.
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Developers spot chance to plug India's affordable housing gap
When he moved to the bustling Indian city of Ahmedabad from his rural village two decades ago, Babubhai Marathe invested Rs100,000 to buy a tiny room in a slum near the textile factory where he works as a mechanical fitter.
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Carlos Slim gets new competition in Colombia
Get ready for some competition in Colombia Carlos Slim. Millicom International, a Luxembourg-based telecoms company, on Monday announced plans to merge is Colombian operations with the fixed-line business of state-run Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) in a move to create "a leading digital lifestyle company" in the country.
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Egyptian stocks rally as optimism grows over technocratic government
Egyptian stocks have risen sharply in the past month on the country's change of government, but obstacles ahead may bring the rally to an abrupt halt. The Cairo bourse has reversed a steady decline this year to gain more than 15 per cent since late June, an upturn triggered by optimism about the arrival of a new administration of mostly liberal-minded technocrats.
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Emerging Markets
MSCI Emerging Market Index up +1.27% at 966.11

Europe
FTSE up +0.29% at 6,643
RTS up +0.43% at 1,386
Warsaw Wig up +0.39% at 46,541
FTSE 300 Eurotop up +0.33% at 1,215

Americas
DJIA up +0.01% at 15,546
S&P 500 up +0.20% at 1,696
Bovespa up +2.48% at 48,574

Asia
Nikkei 225 up +0.82% at 14,779
Topix up +0.51% at 1,223
Hang Seng up +2.33% at 21,915
Shanghai Composite up +1.95% at 2,044
MSCI Asia ex-Japan up +1.77% at 441.47
CNX Nifty up +0.76% at 6,078

Currencies
€/$ 1.32 (1.32)
$/¥ 99.92 (99.64)

Commodities
Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.16 at 107.99
Light Crude (Nymex) down -1.04 at 105.90
100 Oz Gold (Comex) down -8.50 at 1,328

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