Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on April 13

                                
 PRAGUE, April 13 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Tuesday.
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours)

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 February current account balance data at 0800 GMT.
                                
 Real-time economic data releases....................<ECONCZ>
                                
 Previous stories on Czech data.............[CZ-RTRS-LEN-ECI]
                                
 Overview of economic data and forecasts..........<CZ/ECON15>
                                
 Updates on CEE currencies............................[CEE/]
 
==========================TOP NEWS=============================
                                
 PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to hold a session.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]

==========================TOP NEWS=============================
                                
 CEE MARKETS: Polish markets held their own on Monday,
showing resilience in the first trading session since the
weekend plane crash that killed the country's president, central
bank governor and other senior officials.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE63B0A8] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 ORCO CAPITAL HIKE: Orco Property Group raised 7.1 million
euros ($9.5 million) in a second capital hike, placing new
shares at a major discount from a traded price, fuelling
speculation the hike was an attempt to ward off predators.  
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE63B0IH] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-REA]
                                
 
                                
 IMF: The IMF did a poor job in assessing the Czech Republic
early last year, adding to a wave of misleading reports painting
a bleak picture of the country's financial exposure, Czech
central bank Vice-Governor Miroslav Singer was quoted on Monday
as saying.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE63B0JG] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CEN]
                                
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2010
 Czech Equities <.PX>    --      1247.5    1.07       11.65
 vs Euro    <EURCZK=>  25.151    25.165    0.06        4.43
 vs Dollar     <CZK=>  18.49     18.485   -0.03       -0.61
 U.S. Equities <.DJI>  11005.97  10997.35  0.08        5.54
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT

========================PRESS DIGEST============================
                                
 CEZ STAKE: Social Democrat vice-chairman Bohuslav Sobotka,
tipped as the next finance minister after a May election, said
he did not expect to lower the state's stake in power group CEZ
<CEZPsp.PR> unless there was strong reason. 
                                
 CSSD chairman Jiri Paroubek had said over the weekend he
could see selling a 10-15 percent stake in the group.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 12
                                
 
                                
 STRIKE THREAT: Unions will likely strike if the lower house
does not pass a bill returning taxation on employee benefits to
its previous levels, the new union head said. The bill has been
already rejected by the Senate.
                                
 E15, page 2
                                
 
                                
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