(Adds Czech Republic)
WARSAW, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Central/Eastern
Europe's financial markets on Tuesday.
KOMERCNI BANKA
Czech lender Komercni Banka <> expects growth of
its loan portfolio at 15 percent next year, down from 22 percent
in the third quarter, its chief financial officer is quoted as
saying by Hospodarske Noviny. He added profitability will
significantly decline due to an expected drop in Czech GDP
growth and it cannot be expected that the bank maintains more
than a 20 percent annual growth in profit.
CEZ
Construction of two new nuclear blocks at Temelin would cost
CEZ <> 130 billion Czech crowns ($6.5 billion) while a
planned renewal of its coal-fired plans and construction of the
intended gas-fired plans will cost 100 billion to 150 billion,
its CEO tells Hospodarske Noviny.
PGNIG
The head Polish gas monopoly PGNiG <PGNI.WA> says
negotiations with Gazprom <GAZP.MM> on gas supplies from 2010
are dragging on, writes Rzeczpospolita.
LOTOS
Refiner Lotos <LTOS.WA> is in talks with Gazprom <GAZP.MM>
on buying oil directly from the Russian group, daily Gazeta
Prawna quotes its chief executive as saying.
HUNGARY'S BAILOUT BILL
Hungarian deputies approved modifications to the bank
bailout bill, ahead of the final voting next Monday, writes
Nepszabadsag's Hungary Around the Clock service.
The draft would now allow the state to take control of a
bank only if it draws on extraordinary credit from the state for
at least 20 days, up from the initial three days, and the size
of the credit exceeds 5 percent of the bank's total assets
versus 20 percent of mandatory reserves in the earlier version.
CHIMIMPORT
Bulgarian investment company Chimimport <CHIM.BB> says its
total income doubled to 2.96 billion levs ($2.0 million) in the
first nine months of 2008.
CITIGROUP, HANDLOWY
Citigroup Inc <C.N>, the second-largest U.S. bank, has no
plans to sell the Polish Bank Handlowy <BAHA.WA> unit, the head
of its central and eastern European business said on Monday.
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EUROPEAN MARKETS
European stocks were seen retreating on Tuesday, trimming a
small portion of the previous session's 6.9 percent rally, as
investors braced for a reading of German investor sentiment and
U.S. monthly pending home sales.
Financial spreadbetters expect Britain's FTSE 100 <> to
open 33 to 38 points lower, Germany's DAX <> to open 41 to
42 points lower and France's CAC-40 <> to open 34 to 37
points lower.
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WALL STREET
U.S. stocks rallied to their highest level in a month on
Monday on optimism President-elect Barack Obama's proposed
infrastructure spending could limit the depth of the year-old
recession and on hopes for a government bailout of the three
U.S. automakers.
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