PRAGUE, Feb 2 (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 hours)
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PRAGUE -The lower house of parliament to hold a session
(until February 11).
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PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a session
(www.vlada.cz/en/default.htm). News conference to follow.
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CEE MARKETS: Central European currencies mostly firmed on
Tuesday, with the Czech crown hitting fresh 27-month highs after
data boosted investor confidence that the region is experiencing
a solid economic rebound.
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DEBT PLANS: The Czech Republic is drawing up plans for a
10-15-year benchmark Eurobond of at least one billion euros,
with timing to be decided after the government agrees its main
fiscal reforms in early spring, the ministry's debt chief said.
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CEE PMI: A sustained surge in new orders pushed Czech
manufacturing activity to its highest level to date in January
but Poland's decelerated despite robust orders as producers
reported strong rises in input prices.
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ORCO PROPERTY SALE: The German arm of real estate developer
Orco Property Group <> <ORCO.PA> has closed the sale of
a Berlin project for 119 million euros to be paid in several
instalments, the ORCO Immobilien GmbH unit said on Tuesday.
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ORCO TRADE: Real estate firm Orco Property Group <ORCO.PA>
<> said on Tuesday it expected trading in its stock and
bonds to be restarted after a partial suspension.
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BUDGET: The Czech central state budget showed a 10.61
billion crown ($602.5 million) surplus at the end of January,
the Finance Ministry said on Tuesday.
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SOLAR: Solar operators will connect around 2,000 megawatts
of capacity to the Czech grid by the end of February when
photovoltaic incentives end for large facilities, the Czech
energy regulator said on Tuesday.
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CEE POWER: Czech power prices mainly fell on Tuesday with
the day ahead declining from a month high on an expected rise in
wind generation in the region and warmer temperatures on the
horizon, traders said.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2011
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 24.014 24.066 0.22 3.94
vs Dollar <CZK=> 17.355 17.489 0.77 7.03
Czech Equities <> 1,246.9 1,246.9 0.81 1.8
U.S. Equities <> 12,040.16 11,891.93 1.25 4
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
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NOVA CHANNELS: Central European Media Enterprises (CME)
<CETV.O> <> Czech channel Nova is looking at expanding
with more specialised channels.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 14
SAZKA: Investor Martin Ulcak, favoured to provide a capital
injection to indebted lottery firm Sazka according to media
reports, had negotiated with Sazka creditor Radovan Vitek about
a chance for a share in Sazka. This upset Sazka management,
sources said.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 13
PPF IN UKRAINE: Investment group PPF Partners, together with
Italian partners, are buying up smaller Ukrainian cable
stations.
E15, page 1
PRAGUE BOURSES: Prague bourse head Petr Koblic said there
was more than a 50 percent chance that Prague could become the
centre of the region for electricity trading.
He also said he hoped the volume of share trading picks up
in 2011.
E15, page 14
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