Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Feb 3

                                
  PRAGUE, Feb 3 (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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 Real-time economic data releases....................<ECONCZ>
                                
 Previous stories on Czech data.............[CZ-RTRS-LEN-ECI]
                                
 Overview of economic data and forecasts..........<CZ/ECON15>
                                
 Updates on CEE currencies.............................[CEE/]
                                
 
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 PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to continue a
session.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
=========================TOP NEWS=============================
                                
 FOREIGN BONDS: The Czech Republic could issue 1-2 billion
euros worth of foreign-currency bonds in 2010, Finance Minister
Eduard Janota said on Tuesday, significantly below the
ministry's own ceiling and implying higher domestic borrowing.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE611291] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-GVD]
                                
 
                                
 UNIPETROL SEES Q4 EBIT LOSS:  Czech downstream oil group
Unipetrol <UNPEsp.PR> expects a negative operating result in the
fourth quarter, after a profit in the previous three-month
period, as margins struggle to rebound, it said on Tuesday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6112HE] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CHE]
                                
 
                                
 CEZ PRODUCTION: CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> expects to boost production
at its power plants in 2010 and has pre-sold more than half of
its 2011 electricity despite low wholesale prices, the company's
head of trading said on Tuesday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6111OV] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ENR]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: The leu edged up after Fitch revised Romania's
outlook to stable from negative on Tuesday as central European
currencies held on to gains that sent the leu and the zloty to
their highest in 13 months.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6110CS] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2010
 Czech Equities <.PX>  1176,6    1176,6    -1         5,31
vs Euro   <EURCZK=>    25,946    25,964     0,07      1,41
vs Dollar    <CZK=>    18,582    18,592     0,05     -1,12
 U.S. Equities <.DJI>  10296,85  10185,53   1,09     -1,26
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600

=========================PRESS DIGEST===========================
                                
 CORPORATE DEBT: Factoring agencies, which buy receivables
from companies before their due date, raised rates by 10-15
percent due to the worsening situation in Czech companies.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 15

                                
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