PRAGUE, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Tueday.
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hour)
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Previous stories on Czech data.............[]
Overview of economic data and forecasts..........<CZ/ECON15>
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PRAGUE - Chemicals group Unipetrol <>, a unit of
Poland's PKN Orlen <PKNA.WA> to present trading statement for
fourth quarter.
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PRAGUE - Representatives of the cabinet, employers and
labour unions to discuss update of draft of crisis solution.
News briefing at 1245 GMT.
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PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to continue a
session.
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CEE MARKETS: Poland's zloty led gains in East European
currencies on Monday, and broke through the psychological 4.0
level on signs of an improved economic outlook for the region as
export markets come back to life.
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JANUARY BUDGET: The Czech central state budget showed a
13.09 billion crown ($704.1 million) surplus at the end of
January, the Finance Ministry said on Monday.
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ENERGY REGULATION: Czech regulators are mulling a plan to
require newly built gas-fired plants to have gas facilities to
help boost energy security, the energy regulatory office said on
Monday.
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CEE PMI:Manufacturing in the two emerging European Union
economies most linked to the euro zone leapt ahead in January
after positive news from their export mainstay Germany, but
slowed in the region's largest economy Poland.
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CZECH PMI: The Czech Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI)
signalled business growth had improved for the third straight
month in January, Markit Economics data showed on Monday.
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---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2010
Czech Equities <> -- 1188.5 1.00 6.37
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 25.929 25.917 -0.05 1.48
vs Dollar <CZK=> 18.608 18.596 -0.06 -1.26
U.S. Equities <> 10185.53 10067.33 1.17 -2.33
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600
=========================PRESS DIGEST===========================
BEER SALES: SABMiller's <SAB.L> Czech unit Plzensky Prazdroj
sold 10.5 million hectoliters of beer last year, down 1.9
percent from the year before.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 17
AFGHANISTAN: The Czech cabinet proposed raising the number
of troops in Afghanistan by 55 later this year. Currently, 535
Czech troops are in the country.
Pravo, page 2
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