PRAGUE, Nov 29 (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 + 1 hours)
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PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release stress test
results.
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PRAGUE - The end of the subscription period from Czech coal
miner New World Resources <NWRS.L> <NWRSsp.PR> for Polish rival
Bogdanka <LWBP.WA>.
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NWR'S BOGDANKA BID: Miner New World Resources <NWRSsp.PR>
stuck by its $1.2 billion all-cash bid for Polish coal miner
Bogdanka <LWBP.WA> and dimissed speculation it could raise its
offer before a deadline on Monday.
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EU AID: The Czech Finance Ministry is sceptical about the
country's participation in a European crisis resolution
mechanism after the current facility expires in 2013, minister
Miroslav Kalousek said on Friday.
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CEE MARKETS: Budapest stocks hit a five-month low and the
forint lost almost 1 percent on Friday as Hungarian government
plans to change the pension system unnerved investors in a
region already pressured by the euro zone debt crisis.
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CEE POWER: Czech power for the next working day was stable
on Friday with cold weather supporting prices in the short term
while contracts were mixed further along the curve, market
participants said.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2010
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 24.71 24.721 0.04 6.11
vs Dollar <CZK=> 18.659 18.655 -0.02 -1.53
Czech Equities <> 1,126.5 1,126.5 -0.5 0.82
U.S. Equities <> 11,092 11,187.28 -0.85 6.37
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
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KB LOANS: Komercni Banka <> Chief Executive Henri
Bonnet said the bank has no exposure to Irish debt. In an
interview, he also said the bank did not expect a dramatic rise
in loans in 2011.
E15, page14
IRISH RESCUE: The Czech guaranteed portion of the Irish
rescue, which is taken from an EU fund, amounts to 6.7 billion
crowns ($358.9 million), or 0.3 percent of the total amount.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
PENSION REFORM: Pension funds should see 1 trillion crowns
over the next 25 years thanks to pension reform, a Labour
Ministry document showed.
Pravo, page 1
CEZ GAS-FIRED PLANTS: CEZ <> has plans to begin
building small, gas-fired power plants at customers' sites to
produce electricity directly.
E15, page 4
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