EMERGING EUROPE STOCKS-Factors to Watch Jan 9

                                
 WARSAW, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Central/Eastern
Europe's financial markets on Friday.
                                
 
                                
 RUSSIA/UKRAINE GAS DISPUTE
                                
 Europe looked for a swift restoration of gas supplies, after
striking a deal with Moscow on monitoring gas shipments via
Ukraine that have been halted by a rancorous pricing dispute
with Kiev.
                                
 Diplomats in Prague said the European Union would send
monitors to Ukraine on Friday to be deployed at the main
metering stations for gas arriving from Russia.  [nL8375958]
                                
 Hungary will provide Serbia with one to two million cubic
meters of natural gas on Thursday to ease the country's gas
shortage, Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany
said.[ID:nBSB001629]
                                
 Hungary plans to use some of its strategic gas reserves on
Thursday to ensure supplies to households and most industrial
users as it is still not getting any Russian gas via Ukraine,
Energy Minister Csaba Molnar said. [ID:nL8265870]
                                
 
                                
 AGORA
                                
 Media company Agora <AGOD.WA> will propose to shareholders
to spend 19 million zlotys ($6.4 million) on its own share
buyback, the money is the remaining cash from a previous
buyback, when the company spent only 71 out of 90 million.
                                
 
                                
 ASSECO
                                
 Asseco South Eastern Europe, a Balkan subsidiary of Poland's
largest IT firm Asseco Poland <SOBK.WA>, will seek up to 140
million zlotys from the upcoming initial public offering, Puls
Biznesu writes.
                                
 
                                
 COMARCH
                                
 ING cut Comarch <COMH.WA> recommendation to sell from hold
setting a price target at 55.9 zlotys, down from 75.5 zlotys.
                                
 LPP
                                
 ING cut LPP <LPPP.WA> recommendation to hold from buy in a
report dated January 7 setting the price target at 1269 zlotys,
up from 1223.5 zlotys.
                                
 
                                
 ERSTE'S BCR
                                
 Romania's biggest banak BCR, majority owned by Austria's
Erste Bank <ERST.VI><ERST.BX> sees its revenues rising by 20
percent year-on-year in 2009, Ziarul Financiar writes.

                                
 CEZ
                                
 Czech nuclear power plant Dukovany will shut Unit 3 for
three months for a fuel change, power company CEZ <CEZPsp.PR>
said.                                           [nL9573198]

                                
 WARSAW BOURSE
                                
 Poland plans to offer a stake of up to 73.8 percent in the
Warsaw Stock Exchange in the first stage of the sell-off and
targets an entire exit in about 2-3 years, treasury ministry
said in a statement on Thursday.                  [ID:nL812117]
                                
 
                                
 EUROPEAN MARKETS
                                
 European equities were set to rise on Friday, reversing a
two-session losing streak, helped by news that U.S. bank
Citigroup <C.N> agreed to support legislation aimed at stemming
home loan foreclosures.
                                
 But gains could be limited ahead of key U.S. monthly jobs
data and the unemployment rate.
                                
 For the latest news on European markets, double click [.EU]

                                
 WALL STREET
                                
 Most U.S stocks rose on Thursday after news that Citigroup
Inc <C.N> agreed to support legislation aimed at stemming home
loan foreclosures, offsetting Wal-Mart's disappointing sales
and outlook.
                                
 For latest Wall Street news, double click [.N] 
                                
 
                                
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 Pan European indices.....................<EUR/INDICES1>
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 REGIONAL INDICES
 Warsaw WIG20 <.WIG20>     Istanbul ISE National 100 <.XU100>
 Budapest SE Index <.BUX>  Bucharest Beti <.BETI>
 Prague PX <.PX>           Zagreb Crobex <.CRBEX>
 Sofia Sofix <.SOFIX>      Ljubljana SBI20 <.SBI>
 
 MSCI Global Emerging Markets <.MSCIEF>
 FTSEurofirst 300 <.FTEU3>
 ($1=2.953 Zloty)