Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Nov 11

                                
 PRAGUE, Nov 11 (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 + 1 hours)

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 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 - 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-CEN]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas to meet European
Union financial markets chief Michel Barnier.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
                                
 
============================TOP NEWS==========================
                                
 TELEFONICA NET SHARPLY UP ON ONE-OFF: Net profit at
Telefonica 02 Czech Republic <SPTTsp.PR> jumped 90 percent to
6.01 billion crowns ($337.3 million) in the third quarter thanks
to a one-off impairment reversal, the company said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRG004498] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-TEL]
                                
 
                                
 3-YR BOND YIELD UP IN AUCTION: The yield rose at a Czech
3-year bond auction on Wednesday, with demand dropping from the
last auction but mostly in line with past sales thanks to bids
from local funds.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6A91BZ] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DBT]
                                
 
                                
 FORTUNA PROFIT UP: Net profit at Czech betting firm Fortuna
Entertainment Group <FOREsp.PR> rose 21 percent to 11.9 million
euros in the first nine months on rising bets, especially in the
online segment, it said on Wednesday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6A90C7] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-RES]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: Budapest banking stocks fell around 4 percent
on Wednesday, dragging the index to its lowest since the start
of October on news the Hungarian government may extend a crisis
tax on the sector.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE66S0OD] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 CEE POWER: Forecasts for much stronger wind generation in
the region sent Czech power prices down more than 17 percent on
Wednesday while the Cal '11 contract nudged off a 7-month low,
tracking gas higher, traders said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6A91SW] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DRV]
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency    Latest     Prev   Pct change Pct change
                                
                                 close    on day     in 2010
 vs Euro    <EURCZK=>     24,613     24,607    -0,02       6,48
 vs Dollar     <CZK=>     17,858     17,96    0,57      2,82
 Czech Equities <.PX>  1,157,4    1,157,4       -1,25       3,59
 U.S. Equities <.DJI> 11,357,04  11,346,75     0,09      8,91
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT

=========================PRESS DIGEST==========================
                                
 SKODA SALES: Volkswagen's Czech unit Skoda Auto showed a
11.9 percent rise in care sales over the first ten months of the
year to 638,000 units.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
  
                                
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