PRAGUE, Oct 21 (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 hours)
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PRAGUE - Chemicals group Unipetrol <>, a unit of
Poland's PKN Orlen <PKNA.WA> to present trading statement for
third quarter.
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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 - 39-week T-bill auction.
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PRICE PLAN: The Czech government moved to counter the threat
of soaring electricity prices caused by a solar energy boom on
Wednesday with new taxes that will limit the price rise to 5.5
percent next year.
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CEZ LAWSUIT: Czech power group CEZ <> said on
Wednesday it had filed a lawsuit against mining group Czech Coal
over a contractual dispute and is demanding more than 10 billion
crowns ($561.5 million) in compensation.
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FINMIN SELLS LESS: The Czech Finance Ministry sold less than
planned at a fourth straight auction on Wednesday, with demand
falling after a Eurobond issue last month and investors waiting
for more on next year's borrowing plans.
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NEW FORECAST: Czech central bank Governor Miroslav Singer
said on Wednesday the bank would probably raise its economic
growth forecast next month but the increase would not be
dramatic.
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CEE MARKETS: The Hungarian forint led modest gains in
Central European currencies on Wednesday as risk appetite
returned a day after a surprise rate hike in China dented
appetite for riskier assets, dealers said.
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CEE POWER: Czech spot power prices fell nearly 3 percent on
Wednesday as wind generation in the region was forecast to
increase.
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TOUGH SENTENCE: A court on Wednesday imposed the Czech
Republic's longest sentence for a racially motivated crime on
four men who firebombed a Roma family's home, leaving a
two-year-old child with burns over most of her body.
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---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2010
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 24.494 24.513 0.08 6.93
vs Dollar <CZK=> 17.582 17.544 -0.22 4.33
Czech Equities <> 1,131.7 1,131.7 -0.42 1.29
U.S. Equities <> 11,107.97 10,978.62 1.18 6.52
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
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MORTGAGE RISE: Banks have lent out 58.9 billion crowns in
mortgages in the first nine months, 2 billion more than a year
ago.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 15
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