PRAGUE, March 18 (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 hour)
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PRAGUE - Artificial textile maker Pegas Nonwovens
<> should release full-year 2009 results.
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PRAGUE - Czech Energy Congress "Energy Reliability and
Security""
(www.business-forum.cz/10-energeticky-kongres-CR/ener10.pdf).
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5-YR BOND: Demand for the Czech 5-year benchmark bond fell
sharply at the second auction of the paper on Wednesday, with
dealers saying growing speculation of a Eurobond issue may have
kept investors away.
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BOND AUCTION: The Czech Finance Ministry sold 5.92 billion
crowns ($317.6 million) worth of 3.40 percent 5-year government
bonds <CZ1002737=> in the first, competitive round of bidding at
an auction of on Wednesday.
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2nd round: []
CROWN: The Czech crown rose to a four-month high against the
euro on Wednesday in a rally with other central European
currencies after a global rise in risk appetite. []
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CEE MARKETS: Rising risk appetite boosted emerging European
assets on Wednesday, with the Hungarian forint joining the zloty
at 15-month highs and demand at a Polish bond auction five times
the offer.
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ELECTION: The main Czech right-wing party opened campaign
for the May 28-29 election on Wednesday with a pledge to create
up to 265,000 jobs and warnings against loose fiscal policies
that could lead to a debt trap.
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RATES: Central bank board member Robert Holman will miss the
March 25 central bank monetary policy meeting, the bank said on
Wednesday.
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SOLAR POWER: The lower house of the Czech parliament voted
on Wednesday to allow regulators to cut prices of solar power,
reacting to a boom in the sector that has led to fears of
network instability and steep rise in electricity prices.
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PAK: Czech financier Zdenek Bakala's investment unit RPG
Partners made a bid for a 50 percent stake in Polish power group
PAK, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
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