WARSAW, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Central/Eastern
Europe's financial markets on Thursday.
ING
ING Bank Slaski <SLAS.WA>, a unit of Dutch ING Groep
<ING.AS>, sees its full-year 2008 net profit down 24 pct, as a
fall in the value of its bonds porfolio took its toll on the
bottom line. []
BUDIMEX
A government road-building agency terminated a contract with
Polish builder Budimex <BMEX.WA> worth 359.81 million zlotys
($115.4 million), citing unspecified public interest reasons.
[]
LOT
Centralwings, a charter airline owned by Poland's flag
carries LOT [], will end its flights in four months and be
incorporated into the parent company, Dziennik writes.
PZU
Poland's largest insurer PZU earnings are estimated to have
fallen as much as 30 percent to 2.5 billion zlotys, Dziennik
reports.
SUGAR PLANT FOR SALE
Poland's biggest sugar plant in Glinojeck owned by the
British Sugar Overseas, may be sold for 100 million euro, writes
Rzeczpospolita.
ELECTRICA
Romania's state-owned power distributor Electrica said its
gross profit rose ten-fold to 1.5 billion lei last year ($500
million), helped by the sale of its Electrica Muntenia Sud unit
to Italy's Enel <ENEI.MI>, Business Standard reports.
ROMANIAN ENERGY LISTINGS
Romania is still interested in listing stakes of state-owned
energy companies on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, a deputy
economy minister told Evenimentul Zilei.
EUROPEAN MARKETS
European shares were poised to edge lower on Thursday ahead
of the European Central Bank's interest rate decision and
tracking losses on Wall Street and Asia as investors fret about
the deepening banking crisis.
Futures for the Eurostoxx 50 <STXEc1>, Germany's DAX <FDXc1>
and the French CAC 40 <FCEc1> were between 0.8-1.1 percent.
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WALL STREET
U.S. stocks fell to six-week lows on Wednesday on worries
about steeper losses at banks worldwide and as U.S. retail sales
data pointed to a deepening recession.
The bleeding could continue Thursday after technology
bellwether Apple Inc <AAPL.O> said that its chief executive,
Steve Jobs, will take a medical leave of absence until June, a
surprise development that sent equity index futures lower.
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OTHER EQUITY NEWS
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Major world stock market performance []
FTSE Eurotop 300 index...................<>
DJ STOXX index...........................<>
Eurotop 300 sector gainers/losers...<.PGL.FTEU3S>
Top 25 European pct gainers............<.PG.PEUR>
Top 25 European pct losers.............<.PL.PEUR>
European Equities speed guide.............<EUR/EQUITY>
Pan European indices.....................<EUR/INDICES1>
Pan European analysis.....................<EUR/STATS1>
REGIONAL INDICES
Warsaw WIG20 <> Istanbul ISE National 100 <>
Budapest SE Index <> Bucharest Beti <>
Prague PX <> Zagreb Crobex <>
Sofia Sofix <.SOFIX> Ljubljana SBI20 <>
MSCI Global Emerging Markets <.MSCIEF>
FTSEurofirst 300 <>
($1=2.953 Zloty)
