PRAGUE, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Wednesday.
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hour)
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PRAGUE - 15-year government bond auction <CZ1002547=>.
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PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to hold an
extraordinary session (0800 GMT).
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NWR NOTES: Mining group New World Resources (NWR) has
withdrawn an offer of 700 million euros of equivalent senior
secured notes due to increasing market volatility, it said on
Wednesday.
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CEE MARKETS: Central European assets rebounded on Tuesday as
hopes for a rescue for euro zone member Greece grew, lifting the
euro against the dollar, while Romanian data showed a narrowing
of the trade deficit in 2009.
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CONTAGION: The euro zone's fiscal woes have spooked
investors in Europe's emerging east into fleeing short-term bets
on currencies but few expect a repeat of the selloff that marked
the height of the crisis last year.
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CO2 CREDITS: The Czechs are in talks with Japanese companies
on the sales of sovereign carbon rights although they expect a
drop in prices due to the global economic crisis, the Czech
Environment Minister said on Tuesday.
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CEZ PLANT STUDY: The Czech environment ministry has picked
Norwegian firm DNV to assess expansion plans at a coal-fired
power plant which has raised objections from the tiny Pacific
nation of Micronesia.
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CPI SLOWS: Czech consumer prices rose by 1.2 percent in
January from December, putting the annual inflation rate at 0.7
percent, lower than market expectations.
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C.BANK ON CPI: The Czech central bank said on Tuesday
January consumer inflation was below its forecast due to lower
adjusted inflation excluding fuels, a core measure of price
growth narrower than the overall price index.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2010
Czech Equities <> -- 1111.6 1.72 -0.51
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 26.082 26.056 -0.1 0.9
vs Dollar <CZK=> 18.926 18.893 -0.17 -2.99
U.S. Equities <> 10058.64 9908.39 1.52 -3.54
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600
=========================PRESS DIGEST===========================
ORCO DAMAGES: A Prague court ordered a group of small
shareholders in Orco Property Group <> to pay 100,000
euros in damages for hurting the Orco name with a media campaign
last year.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 23
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