PRAGUE, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Tuesday.
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours)
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PRAGUE - Conference "Pension Reform - Will We be Poor
Pensioners", with Prime Minister Petr Necas.
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ECM DELAYS COUPON PAYMENT: Czech developer ECM Real Estate
Investments <> said on Monday it had delayed the
payment of a coupon on its Czech crown notes <CZ0000211=>
maturing on March 30, 2012, pending debt restructuring talks.
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EPH SEEKING APPROVAL TO BUY POLAND'S ENEA STAKE: The Czech
Republic's Energeticky a Prumyslovy Holding (EPH) is seeking
regulatory approval for it to potentially buy a 53 percent stake
in Polish utility Enea <ENAE.WA>, confirming its interest in the
state sale, the regulator's website showed on Monday.
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CEZ POWERS UP DUKOVANY UNIT 1: Czech utility CEZ <>
has powered up unit 1 at its Dukovany power plot to 94 percent
after a regular refuelling and it said on Monday the 456
megawatt unit would be at full capacity by Tuesday or Wednesday.
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CEE MARKETS: The forint extended a month-long rally on
Monday, outpacing emerging European peers on hopes that Hungary
would push ahead with tough budget cuts in 2011.
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CEE POWER: Lower wind and outages in the region lifted Czech
spot power on Monday but prices remained below highs hit last
week while along the curve contracts fell, traders said.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2010
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 24,497 24,515 0,07 6,92
vs Dollar <CZK=> 17,887 17,914 0,15 2,67
Czech Equities <> 1,128,4 1,128,4 0,15 0,99
U.S. Equities <> 10,751,27 10,829,68 -0,72 3,1
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
=========================PRESS DIGEST==========================
SOLAR BOOM PROBLEM: A government advisory committee is
mulling to propose that the government uses part of proceeds
from a considered VAT hike to help offset the steep rise in
electricity prices next year coming from a generous government
solar power subsidy.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
STEEL INDUSTRY: Revenue in the Czech steel industry rose in
the first half by 10.8 percent year on year to 47 billion crowns
($2.63 billion). Output more than doubled over the period. Last
year, production in the sector shrank by more than 25 percent
and steel companies showed a cumulative loss of 4.1 billion
crowns.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 20
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