PRAGUE, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Friday.
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hour)
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UBS raised Komercni Banka <> price target to 4,000
crowns from 3,700 corns, kept netural rating.
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FINMIN ON DEBT: The Czech Republic may raise 1-2 billion
euros though a 10-15 year eurobond issue in the first half,
Finance Minister Eduard Janota said on Thursday.
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LOAN TO LATVIA: The Czech government may disburse a 100
million euro ($135.6 million) loan tranche to Latvia in the next
one to two months, Czech Finance Minister Eduard Janota said on
Thursday.
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LEFTISTS LEAD: The Czech leftist Social Democrats' (CSSD)
lead ahead of the main right-wing rivals narrowed but the party
still has the biggest chance to form a cabinet after an election
in May, a survey showed on Thursday.
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KOMERCNI EARNIGNS: Czech lender Komercni Banka <>
posted a better than expected fourth-quarter net profit on lower
provisioning for bad loans but warned of a possible rise in
provisions in the first half of this year.
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5-YR BOND COUPON: The Czech Finance Ministry set the coupon
for a new 5-year government bond at 3.40 percent per annum, it
said on Thursday.
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EURO: Before the crisis, Helena Kubickova couldn't wait
until she could go to a bank machine in Prague and pull out
euros, just like in Berlin or Paris.
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CEE MARKETS: The Czech crown touched two-month highs on
Thursday, while Poland's zloty dipped after investors closed
their PLN/CZK cross positions, overshadowing the supportive
effect of unexpectedly good Polish industrial output data.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2010
Czech Equities <> 1141,5 1141,5 -0,95 2,17
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 25,673 25,7 0,11 2,45
vs Dollar <CZK=> 19,062 18,985 -0,41 -3,73
U.S. Equities <> 10392,9 10309,24 0,81 -0,34
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600
=========================PRESS DIGEST===========================
DEBT: The share of non-performing corporate loans almost
doubled year on year to 8 percent. Household non-performing debt
rose to 4 percent from 2.8 percent last year.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 17
LOAN FOR ENERGY DEAL: Seven banks led by UniCredit provided
a a 2.6 billion crown ($136.5 million) loan to privately owned
Czech-Slovak group J&T to buy a 100 percent stake in power plant
Opatovice from International power <IPR.L>, the paper reports,
citing business news Web site motejlek.com
Hospodarske Noviny, page 19
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