PRAGUE, March 11 (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 + 1 hour)
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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 - The lower house of parliament to continue a
session.
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SOLAR: The installed capacity of wind and solar energy
projects approved in the Czech Republic is nearly four times
what can be safely fed into the country's electricity grid,
energy distributors said on Wednesday.
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TEMELIN: Czech power utility CEZ <> expects to sign
a deal to build new nuclear blocs at the Temelin nuclear power
plant in 2012, the company said on Wednesday.
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CEE MARKETS: The Polish zloty retreated slightly from
multi-month peaks on Wednesday as the central bank governor
tried to talk down the currency, while Romania's leu held steady
after data pointed to further rate cuts.
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CEE FX STRENGTH: The rebound in the EU's emerging currencies
may hurt economic recovery this year and policymakers look set
to fend off investors by keeping interest rates low and
threatening market intervention.
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TRADE IDEA: Czech two-year interest rate swaps <CZKAM6PR2Y=>
are too low given the economic outlook and investors should bet
on their rise, Erste Bank said in a note on Wednesday.
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CEZ: Serbia needs to pass a law to ease wholesale
electricity sales or big foreign firms may not invest in two new
coal-fired power plants, a top official at the country's
state-run utility said.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2010
Czech Equities <> -- 1177.4 0.49 5.38
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 25.545 25.534 -0.04 2.94
vs Dollar <CZK=> 18.717 18.694 -0.12 -1.85
U.S. Equities <> 10567.33 10564.38 0.03 1.34
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600
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IPO: Renewable energy group REN Power CZ, a unit of miner
Czech Coal, could make an initial public offering for a minority
stake during the next three years, its chief said.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 17
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