EMERGING EUROPE STOCKS - Factors to Watch Oct 9

                                
 WARSAW, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Central/Eastern
Europe's financial markets on Thursday.
                                
 
                                
 KGHM
                                
 Polish copper miner KGHM <KGHM.WA> wants dividend from this
year's profit to be as low as possible to make up for falling
metal prices, rising costs and growing investment needs, its
chief tells Parkiet.
                                
 
                                
 Europe's top copper miner KGHM <KGHM.WA> expects 2009 to be
"much more difficult" than 2008, as lower copper demand may hit
its revenues, the chief executive says.           [ID:nL85993]

                                
 MONDI SWIECIE
                                
 Poland's leading paper maker Mondi Swiecie <CELA.WA>, unit
of the South African paper producer Mondi <MNDI.L> <MNDJ.J>,
will seek higher carbon dioxide permits, the company's chief
executive said on Wednesday.
                                
 
                                
 POLNORD
                                
 Pirelli Pekao Real Estate waled away from talks to take
control of developer Polnord <PNOR.WA>, Rzeczpospolita writes,
quoting an unnamed source.
                                
 
                                
 OTP
                                
 Central European banks are in survival mode but Hungary's
OTP <OTPB.BU> is positioned to weather the market turbulence,
its chief financial officer said, an assessment confirmed by the
country's central bank.                         [ID:nL8718050]
                                
 
                                
 ROMANIAN ENERGY GROUP
                                
 Romania's government cleared bill that sets up a
much-delayed integrated energy  holding that could be listed on
the Bucharest bourse in about two years, the head of
privatisation agency AVAS said.                [ID:nL8359771]
                                
 
                                
 BUCHAREST BOURSE
                                
 The Bucharest stock exchange will resume trading on
Thursday, it said, after trade was suspended in the previous
session after its main index dropped sharply on a flurry of
selling dominated by foreign investors.       [ID:nL8706611]
                                
 EUROPEAN MARKETS
                                
 European shares are set to open higher on Thursday, with
bargain hunters seen buying discounted stocks after the previous
session's steep losses.
                                
 Financial spreadbetters expect Britain's FTSE 100 <.FTSE> to
open 35 to 41 points higher, Germany's DAX <.GDAXI> to open up 6
to 16 points and France's CAC-40 <.FCHI> to open flat to 9
points higher.
                                
 For the latest news on European markets, double click [.EU]
                                
 
                                
 WALL STREET
                                
 U.S. stocks fell for a sixth straight session on Wednesday,
as a coordinated worldwide cut in interest rates failed to
alleviate fears about a global recession.
                                
 For the Dow and the S&P 500, Wednesday capped their biggest
six-day point loss ever. It was a session of wild swings, with
no clear direction determined until the final minutes. Wall
Street's favorite measure of investor fear, the Chicago Board
Options Exchange Volatility Index <.VIX>, hit a record intraday
high and closed at yet another record.
                                
 For latest Wall Street news, double click [.N]

                                
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 Budapest SE Index <.BUX>  Bucharest Beti <.BETI>
 Prague PX <.PX>           Zagreb Crobex <.CRBEX>
 Sofia Sofix <.SOFIX>      Ljubljana SBI20 <.SBI>
 
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