PRAGUE, Feb 10 (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 + 1 hours)
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PRAGUE - Chemicals group Unipetrol <>, a unit of
Poland's PKN Orlen <PKNA.WA>, news conference on 2010 results at
1000 GMT, conference call at 1300 GMT.
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PRAGUE - CSOB to release 2010 results. News conference at
1000 GMT.
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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 - 26-week T-bill auction.
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PRAGUE -The lower house of parliament to hold a session
(until February 11).
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UNIPETROL Q4: Czech downstream oil group Unipetrol
<> posted a fourth-quarter net loss of 68 million
crowns ($3.84 million) on Thursday, below market expectations.
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BOURSE VOLUMES: Volumes on the Vienna and Prague stock
exchanges should each rise by 15 percent this year, Michael
Buhl, the CEO of the Vienna stock exchange was quoted as saying
on Thursday.
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CZECH FUNDS: The growth in assets managed by Czech funds is
expected to accelerate this year, helped by adjusting their
structure of investment in favour of higher yielding assets, an
association deputy chief said on Wednesday.
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CEE MARKETS: Emerging European currencies were mostly weaker
on Wednesday, with the Czech crown briefly touching a one-week
low after weak inflation data dampened expectations for a swift
tightening of monetary policy.
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SLOWING CPI: Czech consumer prices rose much more slowly
than expected in January, dampening expectations for a quick
rise in interest rates which had been triggered by a tight vote
on the central bank's board last week.
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BOND AUCTION: The Czech Finance Ministry sold all of a
planned 6 billion crown issue of bonds on Wednesday despite
lower than expected demand.
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CEE POWER: Czech day-ahead power prices went down on
Wednesday on prospects of increased wind generation and warmer
temperatures while future power delivery contract slightly rose
along with oil, coal and gas prices, traders said.
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SOCIAL SECURITY TAX: The newspaper said the government may
have to drop the idea of lowering the social security tax as
part of pension reforms as there may not be enough extra revenue
from an increase in the lowest VAT rate.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
DOCTORS PAY: Government representatives agreed that the
proposed extra money to go to doctors pay should be put to the
doctors fixed salaries. A quarter of doctors have threatened to
quit over pay.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
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