PRAGUE, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Monday.
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours)
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PRAGUE - The Statistics Bureau (CSU) to organise a seminar
on the impact of a new foreign trade calculation methodology on
balance of payments (0900 GMT).
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PRAGUE - Slovak Prime Minister Iveta Radicova to visit the
Czech Republic. Meeting with Czech President Vaclav Klaus, Prime
Minister Petr Necas and speakers of lower and upper house of
Parliament on the schedule. Prime Ministers'joint news
conference at 0830 GMT.
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NWR PRICES: Czech miner New World Resources (NWR) <NWRS.L>
said on Monday it had contracted 20 percent of its total 2010
coking coal sales volumes in the fourth quarter at average
prices 3 percent lower than in the third quarter.
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LOCAL, SENATE ELECTIONS: The Czech prime minister's Civic
Democratic party lost its Prague bastion to its new conservative
coalition partner, TOP09, and suffered setbacks to opposition
Social Democrats in nationwide municipal elections.
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CEE MARKETS: Hungary's forint edged lower on Friday as
investors eyed the disclosure of further Details in a 2011
budget draft, likely to set the trend for Hungarian assets for
the rest of the year.
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CEE POWER: Czech spot power for the next working day rose 15
percent on colder weather and the start of the heating season,
traders said on Friday.
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PPI UP: Czech industrial producer prices rose by 0.3 percent
month-on-month in September for an annual rise of 2.4 percent,
surprising the market looking for a decline, data showed on
Friday.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2010
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 24.502 24.501 0 6.9
vs Dollar <CZK=> 17.648 18.777 6.01 3.97
Czech Equities <> 1,142.1 1,142.1 -0.02 2.22
U.S. Equities <> 11,062.78 11,094.57 -0.29 6.09
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
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CROWN STRENGTH: Large exporters, including Volkswagen's
<VOWG.DE> Skoda Auto and state brewery Budejovicky Budvar,
contacted by the newspaper said the strength of the crown
currency <EURCZK=> was hurting business.
Budvar head Jiri Bocek said the brewery had a foreign
exchange loss of 25 million crowns in the first nine months of
the year.
The crown has appreciated more than 7 percent against the
euro in that time.
Mlada Fronta Dnes, page D1
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