PRAGUE, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Tuesday.
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hours)
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PRAGUE - FIFA President Sepp Blatter to hold a news
conference at 0830 GMT.
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PRAGUE - Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg to meet
his Italian counterpart Franco Frattini. News conference at 1020
GMT.
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PRAGUE - Czech President Vaclav Klaus to meet his Macedonian
counterpart Gjorge Ivanov. News cconference at 1055 GMT.
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PRAGUE - Czech President Vaclav Klaus to name Economist
Lubomir Lizal and re-appoint Pavel Rezabek to Czech central bank
board.
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PRAGUE -The lower house of parliament to hold a session
(until February 11).
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NEW CBANKER: Respected economist Lubomir Lizal will join the
Czech central bank board on Tuesday, replacing Robert Holman,
whose term runs out this week, the president's office said on
Monday.
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SAZKA PARTNERS: Two privately-held investment groups have
offered a lifeline to Czech lottery firm Sazka, which missed a
payment on a bond last month and faces an Insolvency claim.
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CEE MARKETS: Poland's zloty briefly touched a three-week
high on Monday on bets that an outperforming economy will
require higher interest rates, while the Czech crown eased on
weak retail data.
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CEE POWER: Czech day-ahead power prices rose on Monday due
to forecasts strong wind generation would go down, while Cal' 12
baseload continued to fall as coal dipped, traders said.
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DATA: Czech industrial output rose a touch below forecast in
December and retail sales unexpectedly dropped, while exports
and the trade balance almost matched forecasts, data showed on
Monday.
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---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2011
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 24.039 24.08 0.17 3.84
vs Dollar <CZK=> 17.615 17.831 1.21 5.64
Czech Equities <> 1,249.1 1,249.1 -0.45 1.98
U.S. Equities <> 12,161.63 12,092.15 0.57 5.05
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
==========================PRESS DIGEST=========================
PPF IN GREECE: Greek media have reported that Czech
financial group PPF could get the largest share in Greek bank
Piraeus <BOPr.AT>, with a 5-10 percent stake, after the bank's
rights issue. PPF declined comment.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 15
MOBILE: Telecom firm Dial Telecom daughter group received
100 percent stake in mobile operator U:fon.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 19
REFINERY SHUTDOWN: Refiner Ceska Rafinerska, majority owned
by Unipetrol <>, will carry out regular upgrades in a
month-long shutdown at its Litvinov plant in September. The
company said it should not impact the market.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 18
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