PRAGUE, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Thursday.
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PRAGUE - Representatives of the cabinet, employers and
labour unions to hold a meeting. Pension reform on the schedule.
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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 - 52-week T-bill auction.
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C.BANKER REZABEK: A rise in Czech inflation at the end of
2010 may prompt the central bank to hike borrowing costs sooner
than its forecasts suggest, a policymaker who voted for
unchanged rates last month said on Wednesday.
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SAZKA BOND PAYMENT: Indebted Czech lottery company Sazka
will miss a payment on the principal of its 2021 bond due on
Wednesday and will pay only the interest, the company's head
said on Wednesday.
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1ST BOND TENDER: The Czech Finance Ministry sold the amount
planned on Wednesday at its first bond auction of 2011, with
moderate demand for a floating rate bond that dealers said
looked a touch expensive.
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CEE DEBT SALES: Czech and Polish bond auctions drew solid
demand on Wednesday at yields that undercut interest paid in a
debt sale by euro zone struggler Portugal, underlining central
Europe's relatively buoyant prospects.
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CEE MARKETS: Bets on higher interest rates in Poland pushed
the zloty beyond the 3.85 per euro level where the central bank
has previously stepped in to cool its gains, while yields rose
sharply at a debt tender on Wednesday.
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CEE POWER: Czech day-ahead power prices fell on Wednesday
due to warmer temperatures and less-than-expected export
capacity, which boosted domestic supply, traders said.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2011
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 24.307 24.381 0.3 2.77
vs Dollar <CZK=> 18.552 18.7 0.79 0.62
Czech Equities <> 1,244.2 1,244.2 1.16 1.58
U.S. Equities <> 11,755.44 11,671.88 0.72 1.54
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
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SAZKA: Indebted lottery firm Sazka's executive committee
voted against calling an extraordinary general meeting to
discuss selling a stake to an outside investor.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
PENTA STRATEGY: Penta Investments wants to look at doing two
to four deals a year in the price range of 80 million to 250
million euros, a partner said. The firm will also look at the
German market.
Lidove Noviny, page 15
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