PRAGUE, Oct 23 (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 + 2 hours)
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PRAGUE - 39-week T-bill auction.
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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 - On-line interview with Czech central bank (CNB)
board member Eva Zamrazilova on www.patria.cz (1300 GMT).
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PRAGUE - Telecoms operator Telefonica O2 Czech Republic
<>, a unit of Spain's Telefonica <TEF.MC> to release
nine-month results some time after market close at 1400 GMT.
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NEW YORK, U.S. - Television group Central European Media
Enterprises <CETV.O> <> to hold Investor Day. A live
audio webcast and the presentation slides to be available on
www.cetv-net.com at 1615 GMT.
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DEMAND FOR FLOATER LOW: The Czech Republic failed to place
some of its inaugural 8-year, floating-rate bond on Wednesday,
evidence of the slim investor demand that has hit central
European debt markets as the global financial crisis spills into
the region.
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CZECH C.BANKER SAYS MKT TENSION EASED: Tension on the Czech
money market has eased over the past week and market making on
the bond market could resume soon, central bank Vice-Governor
Miroslav Singer said.
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CZECH GOVT WINS NO CONFIDENCE VOTE: The Czech centre-right
minority cabinet won a parliamentary no-confidence vote on
Wednesday, warding off a threat of collapse just weeks before
the country is due to take over the rotating EU presidency in
January.
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CZECHS SELL CZK 40 MLN TO TOP-UP VAR/16 BOND SALE: The Czech
Finance Ministry sold 40 million crowns ($2.01 million) worth of
8-year government bond <CZ1002331=> out of 1.5 billion crowns
worth of the paper slated for the second, non-competitive round
of an auction.
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PARLT OKAYS 2009 BUDGET: The lower house of the Czech
parliament gave its approval to the 2009 state budget draft in a
first reading on Wednesday after a surprise initial rejection of
the budget outline a day earlier.
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C.BANK ADDS LIQUIDITY: The Czech central bank (CNB) added
0.8 billion crowns ($40.14 million) in liquidity to the banking
system in a repo operation aimed at supporting operation of the
seized-up bond market.
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ZENTIVA SALES UP: Czech generics maker Zentiva <>
expects an 18-percent growth in nine-month sales, as a strong
performance in Turkey helped offset falls in its other main
markets, it said.
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CZECHS SELL FLOATER: The Czech Finance Ministry sold 5.35
billion crowns ($277.8 million) worth of paper in an inaugural
auction of the debut 8-year government bond in the first,
competitive round of bidding.
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CROWN DROPS: The Czech crown <EURCZK=> fell more than 1
percent against the euro to its lowest level since February on
Wednesday, in line with a drop in central European currencies
hit by a strong dollar.
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WIENER BOERSE AGREES TO BUY PRAGUE BOURSE: Vienna stock
market operator Wiener Boerse agreed on Wednesday to buy a
majority stake in the Prague Stock Exchange to boost its
position in the emerging markets of central and Eastern Europe.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2008
Czech Equities <> 0,000.0 0,853.9 +0.00 -100.00
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 26.000 25.630 -1.42 +1.92
vs Dollar <CZK=> 20.244 19.832 -2.04 -10.25
U.S. Equities <> 08,519 09,034 -5.69 -35.78
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500
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PPF INTERESTED IN ECM: Privately owned investment group PPF
plans to acquire a share in ECM Real Estate Investments'
<> main projects, providing the developer with capital.
E15, page 1
PM KEEN TO PUSH THROUGH REFORMS: The Czech coalition
government will continue to pursue planned reforms after it won
a no-confidence vote on Wednesday, Prime Minister Mirek
Topolanek said. He added that a slowdown of Czech growth along
with the impacts of global crisis will result in a shortfall in
the budget.
Mlada fronta Dnes, page A9
LISBON TREATY: The Constitutional Court will discuss the
Lisbon treaty on November 10.
Lidove Noviny, page 4
PRAGUE BOURSE SALE: Wiener Boerse will pay 5 billion crowns
($251.1 million) for almost a 100 percent stake in the Prague
Stock Exchange, the daily reports, citing unnamed sources.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 22
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