PRAGUE, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Monday.
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hours)
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GOVT PARTIES CLASH AHEAD OF CONFIDENCE VOTE: Czech coalition
parties clashed over a corruption scandal on Sunday, which could
potentially affect the outcome of a no-confidence vote called by
the opposition for Tuesday.
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INDOVERSE GAINS FULL CONROL OF CZECH COAL: Privately-owned
investment company Indoverse became the sole owner of Czech
Coal, the second largest Czech lignite miner and a supplier for
power Group CEZ <>.
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S&P CUTS SAZKA RATING: Standard & Poor's cut Czech Sazka's
long-term rating to 'CC' from 'CCC+' on Friday after the
country's main lottery group warned bondholders it could only
pay part of an upcoming payment.
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CEZ TAKES LOAN FOR ROMANIAN PROJECT: Czech power group
<> signed a 200 million euro loan agreement with the
European Investment Bank to co-finance a Romanian wind park, CEZ
said on Friday.
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CEZ STICKS TO PROFIT OUTLOOK: New taxes on solar power and
carbon credits in the Czech Republic will cut profit at power
group CEZ <> by 4.6 billion crowns ($242 million) in
2011, the group's Chief Financial Officer said on Friday.
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LITVINOV REFINER TO REACH FULL CAPACITY IN DAYS: Unipetrol
<> said on Friday output at its Litvinov refinery
should reach full capacity within days after a two-week outage.
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CEE MARKETS: Expectations of a rise in interest rates next
week boosted Hungary's forint on Friday, with Central European
assets mostly treading water ahead of a series of monetary
policy meetings.
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CEE POWER: Czech day ahead power prices hit a fresh two-year
high on Thursday as temperatures well below freezing pushed up
demand while a decrease in wind generation limited supply,
traders said.
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---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2010
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 25.202 25.221 0.08 4.24
vs Dollar <CZK=> 19.146 19.068 -0.41 -4.18
Czech Equities <> 1,187.7 1,187.7 -1.02 6.3
U.S. Equities <> 11,491.91 11,499.25 -0.06 10.2
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600 GMT
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CHRISTMAS SALES: Pre-Christmas sales at Czech unit of Ahold
<AHLN.AS> rose by more than 10 percent year on year. Czech
subsidiary of Tesco <TSCO.L> saw sales rise by 6 percent from
the last year.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 15
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