WARSAW, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect
Central/Eastern Europe's financial markets on Friday.
POLKOMTEL
Next year's results at the Polish mobile operator
Polkomtel may be worse than this year's, the company's CEO
was quoted as saying by daily Gazeta Prawna in the
interview. The CEO also said investments in the 2009 are
likely to be lower than 1.5 billion zlotys due to an
economic slowdown.
HALFORDS
British car parts and bike retailer Halfords <HFD.L>
plans to open its first store in the southwest of Poland,
daily Rzeczpospolita wrote.
CIECH
Poland's largest chemical company, Group Ciech
<CECH.WA>, cut its 2008 net profit forecast to 88 million
zlotys from 225 million zlotys, the company said in a
statement on Friday.
TVN
TVN <TVNN.WA>, Poland's top media group, on Friday
raised its 2008 sales growth outlook as a strong television
ad market helped the group turn in a surprise third-quarter
net profit. []
ZENTIVA
Czech generic drugs maker Zentiva <> is seen
posting a 35.4 percent rise in third quarter net profit
when it reports results Nov. 10 at 1100 GMT. []
KOMERCNI
Net profit of Czech Komercni Banka <>, the
only listed Czech bank, jumped 21 percent year-on-year in
the third quarter, beating expectations on the back of
strong lending returns. []
BRD RESULTS
Romania's second-largest bank BRD <BRDX.BX> will
release nine-month final results.
VIENNA INSURANCE
Vienna Insurance Group, the leader of the local
insurance market, recorded a 421 million euro turnover over
January-September, 34 percent up from the same period a
year ago, Ziarul Financiar writes.
EUROPEAN MARKETS
European shares were set to open higher on Monday,
tracking strong gains in U.S. and Japanese markets, with
China's nearly $600 billion economic stimulus plan seen
boosting market sentiment.
Futures for the DJ Euro Stoxx 50 <STXEc1>, Germany's
DAX <FDXc1> and France's CAC 40 <FCEc1> rose 3.1-3.5
percent.
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WALL STREET
U.S. stocks rose on Friday as bargain hunters scooped
up shares at multiyear lows after a big drop in the October
payrolls was less dire than feared.
For the week, though, the indexes closed lower after an
extremely volatile run since Monday's opening bell.
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