PRAGUE, April 1 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Thursday.
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hour)
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PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for March due out
at 0730 GMT.
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PRAGUE - End-March budget balance data at 1200 GMT.
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PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a
regular weekly meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary
policy issues.
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PRAGUE - Leading Czech rightist party Civic Democrats (ODS)
head and former Prime Minister Mirek Topolank to decide whether
he will stay on as party chief after he quit last week as the
party's leading candidate.
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PRAGUE - Prime Minister Jan Fischer to meet representatives
of Civic Democrast (ODS) and Social Democrats (CSSD). News
briefing at 1830 GMT.
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TAP SALES: The Czech finance ministry has knocked the
domestic bond market off balance by offloading debt to buyers
outside of regular auctions, a practice that some players say
risks skewing prices and hampering interest in the long-run.
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DEBT: The Czech Republic's total foreign indebtedness rose
to 60.07 billion euros at end-December from a revised 58.21
billion euros at the end of September, the central bank said.
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CEE MARKETS: Romania's leu hit a 3-week low on Wednesday
after a central banker moved to talk the currency down, while
the Polish zloty looked set to hold on to its biggest quarterly
gain in a year after the central bank left rates unchanged.
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MONEY SUPPLY: Czech money supply, as measured by the M2
indicator, grew by 2.8 percent year-on-year at the end of
February, after a 2.4 percent rise the previous month, central
bank data showed.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2010
Czech Equities <> 1196,8 1196,8 -1,32 7,12
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 25,397 25,428 0,12 3,5
vs Dollar <CZK=> 18,79 18,792 0,01 -2,25
U.S. Equities <> 10856,63 10907,42 -0,47 4,11
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
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CORPORATIONS: The average time for paying an invoice rose to
48 days from 36 days, a survey among 300 companies by
Creditreform showed.
Lidove Noviny, page 15
CSOB: Prague Superior Court rejected a claim by lawyer
Veslav Nemeth requiring a 548 million crowns ($28.93 million) as
damages from CSOB <KBC.BR>.
Mlada Fronta Dnes, page C4
AAA AUTO: Used car dealer AAA Auto <> earned 1.2
million euros ($1.61 million) last year versus a 32.4 million
euros loss in 2008. Revenue shrank by 44 percent to 165.1
million.
Mlada Fronta Dnes, page C7
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