PRAGUE, April 22 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Friday.
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours)
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KLAUS APPOINTS NEW MINISTERS: Czech President Vaclav Klaus
appointed two new ministers on Thursday in a cabinet reshuffle
resulting from a corruption scandal that nearly brought down the
government.
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UNPETROL SEES Q1 EBIT UP YR/YR: Czech downstream oil group
Unipetrol <> expects to report stronger first-quarter
operating profit than in the same period last year due to
higher oil prices, it said in a statement.
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KOMERCNI PROPOSES DIV: Czech lender Komercni Banka
<> shareholders approved a 270 crown per share dividend
from last year's profit at Thursday's annual meeting, up from
170 crowns paid last year.
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CEE MARKETS: Poland's zloty <EURPLN=> jumped briefly on
Monday after the Finance Ministry said it would convert some of
the 30-32 billion euros it will receive in European Union funds
through the end of 2012 in the spot market.
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CEE POWER: Czech prompt power fell by 12 percent on Thursday
because of warm weather and weaker holiday demand while forward
contracts rose on higher fuels, traders said.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2011
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 24.078 24.141 0.26 3.69
vs Dollar <CZK=> 16.499 16.565 0.4 11.62
Czech Equities <> 1,254.8 1,254.8 1.04 2.45
U.S. Equities <> 12,505.99 12,453.54 0.42 8.02
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
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REFORM PACKAGES: The cabinet will push through its reforms
in two separate packages. The first package, which will be voted
on in June, will include changes to the pension pay-as-you-go
system, health reform and social spending reform.
The second pack will be voted on at the end of the year or
the beginning of the next year and will include tax changes, the
second pillar of the pension reform and the reform of
universities. Passage of both packages will be linked with
confidence votes in parliament.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
NATURAL GAS PRICES: Czech dominant gas supplier RWE
Transgas, a unit of RWE <RWEG.DE>, may raise natural gas prices
by up to 10 percent due to higher oil prices as of May.
Pravo, page 1
SALE OF CZECH REFINER STAKE TO GAZPROM "UNDESIRABLE": The
sale of a stake in the largest Czech refiner to Russia's Gazprom
<GAZP.MM> is undesirable at this moment, Industry and Trade
Minister Martin Kocourek said.
Gazprom is interested in the 33 percent stake in Unipetrol's
<> Ceska Rafinerska presently owned by ENI <ENI.MI>
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
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