Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Aug 11

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Monday.
                                
 
                                
 FOREIGN TRADE
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish June foreign trade data,
0700 GMT. The market had expected a trade surplus of 0.3 billion
crowns in June.
                                
 
                                
 INDUSTRIAL WAGES
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish June real industrial
wages data, 0700 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 SDKU NEWS CONFERENCE
                                
 The biggest opposition party, SDKU will hold a news
conference on income tax law amendments.
                                
 
                                
 JUNE INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT BELOW FORECASTS
                                
 Slovak industrial output rose less than expected by a real
6.2 percent year-on-year in June, accelerating from revised
annual growth of 3.3 percent in May, the Slovak Statistics
Office said on Friday.
                                
 [ID:nL8370305] [RTRS-MCE-ECI-SK-LEN]
                                
 
                                
 JUNE CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT +6.5 PCT Y/Y
                                
 Slovak construction output rose by a real 6.5 percent
year-on-year in June after a 8.4 percent annual rise in May, the
Statistics Office said on Friday.
                                
 [ID:nL8370473] [RTRS-MCE-ECI-SK-LEN]
                                
 
                                
 MOL'S SLOVAK REFINER SLOVNAFT H1 NET DROPS 32 PCT
                                
 Slovak refiner Slovnaft <SNFT.BV>, a unit of Hungary's group
MOL <MOLB.BU>, said on Friday its net profit dropped 32 percent
year-on-year in the first half to 2.87 billion crowns ($146.3
million).
                                
 [ID:nL8566521] [RTRS-CRU-REFI-ENR-SK]
                                
 
                                
 C.BANK FOREX RESERVES EASE TO $19.6 BLN
                                
 The Slovak central bank's (NBS) foreign currency reserves
edged down to $19.635 billion as of August 6, from $19.863
billion on July 30, the bank said on Friday.
                                
 [ID:nL83133] [RTRS-CEN-FRX-MMT-SK]
                                
 
                                
 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 RETAILERS WATCH
                                
 The retail watchdog said some retailers were incorrectly
converting prices of goods to euros.
                                
 Sme, page 8
                                
 
                                
 COMPUTER INVESTMENT
                                
 Interior ministry plans to spend 300 million crowns to buy
new computers and printers.
                                
 Pravda, page 4
                                
 
                                
 ESON PLANT
                                
 Taiwan's Eson, a supplier to Japan's Sony <6758.T>, has
started prodcution at its 33 million euro plant in northern
Slovakia. 
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 13
                                
 
                                
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