Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Aug 13

                                
 PRAGUE, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Thursday:
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours)

=========================ECONOMIC DATA=========================
                                
 June retail sales data at 0700 GMT.
                                
 Real-time economic data releases....................<ECONCZ>
                                
 Previous stories on Czech data.............[CZ-RTRS-LEN-ECI]
                                
 Overview of economic data and forecasts..........<CZ/ECON15>
                                
 Updates on CEE currencies.............................[CEE/]
==========================EVENTS===============================
                                
 PRAGUE - Power firm CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> to release first half
results. News conference with CEO Martin Roman and CFO Martin
Novak at 0730 GMT.
                                
 Related news [RTRS-LEN-CZ-RES]
                                
 Eearnings Poll [ID:nLA394607]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a
regular weekly meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary
policy issues.
                                
 Related news [RTRS-LEN-CZ-PLCY]
                                
 
==========================TOP NEWS============================
                                
 EBRD ON E.EUROPE: The crisis in Eastern Europe remains a
threat and the region will not return to very high growth levels
any time soon, the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development told a German paper.
                                
 Story [ID:nLC676857] Related news [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CEEU]
                                
 
                                
 CEE FX: The Polish zloty steadied near a two-week low on
Wednesday, with central European peers on a weaker footing as
investors pulled back more from the region's rally before the
end of the U.S. Federal Reserve's meeting.
                                
 Story [ID:nLC477274] Related news [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 POWER DEMAND: Domestic electricity demand in the Czech
Republic declined at a slower-than-expected pace in June, helped
by large industrial customers, small businesses and households,
official figures showed.
                                
 Story [ID:nLC520938] Related news [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ELG]
                                
 
                                
 POWER AUCTION: The Czech grid operator CEPS published the
following results on Wednesday of a monthly auction for
cross-border power capacity for September.
                                
 Story [ID:nLC51846] Related news [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ELG]
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2009
 Czech Equities <.PX>   0       1114,9     0          n/a
                                
 vs Euro   <EURCZK=> 25,762    25,806  -0,17      -3,7
vs Dollar    <CZK=>     18,111    18,172  -0,34      -5,25
 U.S. Equities <.DJI> 9361,61   9241,45    1,3        6,67
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500

==========================PRESS DIGEST========================
                                
 CEZ: Power group CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> wants to start selling
natural gas to large companies as of the next year, competing
against RWE Transgas <RWEG.DE> and other gas providers.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 13
                                
 
                                
 CEZ IN FRANCE: CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> won licence to trade at
French energy exchange EPEX Spot.
                                
 E15, page 8
                                
 
                                
 Reuters has not verified the media reports, nor does it
vouch for their accuracy.
                                
    
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  (Compiled by Jana Mlcochova)