EMERGING EUROPE STOCKS - Factors to Watch Aug 5

                                
 WARSAW, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Central/Eastern
Europe's financial markets on Tuesday.
                                
 
                                
 RICHTER
                                
 Hungarian drug maker Richter Gedeon <GDRB.BU> reports a 
second-quarter net profits drop due to financial losses caused
by the sharp appreciation of the forint currency.
                                
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 ELECTROPUTERE
 Electrical equipment maker Electroputere <EPUT.BX>,
controlled by Saudi Arabia's Al Arrab, is seeking to borrow 70
million euros ($109.2 million) to buy new production equipment,
Ziarul Financiar writes.
                                
 
                                
 BUCHAREST BOURSE
                                
 Romania started selling state securities on the Bucharest
stock exchange on Monday. Only one deal worth 1 million lei was
recorded during the session, Ziarul Financiar writes.
                                
 
                                
 POLIMEX
                                
 Polish builder Polimex <MOSD.WA> reports a 9-percent rise in
second quarter net profit, in line with expectations, as high
debt costs erased most gains from rapidly growing sales.
                                
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 UNIPETROL
                                
 Czech oil group Unipetrol <UNPEsp.PR> will shut down its
ethylene unit for repairs for three weeks in October, the
company said on Monday.
                                
 
                                
 PBG
                                
 Polish engineering group PBG <PBGG.WA> posts a 14 percent
fall in second-quarter net profit due to base effect and high
financial costs.                                  [ID:nL4440260]
                                
 
                                
 RUCH
                                
 Polish press distributor Ruch <RUCH.WA> swung to 7 million
zloty net loss in the second-quarter compared to a 7.7 million
profit a year earlier.
                                
 
                                
 EUROPEAN MARKETS
                                
 European shares were set for a mixed open on Tuesday,
financial bookmakers said, with German and French shares
expected to edge up but Britain's commodity-heavy FTSE 100
<.FTSE> set to drop as oil and metal prices fall.
                                
 For the latest news on European markets, double click [.EU]
                                
 
                                
 WALL STREET
                                
 U.S. stocks fell on Monday as shares of energy and
commodity-related companies tumbled on falling oil and metals
prices and investors worried the housing slump could fuel
further losses at financial companies.
                                
 For latest Wall Street news, double click [.N]

                                
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