EMERGING EUROPE STOCKS - Factors to Watch Sept 1

                                
 WARSAW, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Central/Eastern
Europe's financial markets on Monday.
                                
 
                                
 WARSAW STARTS EARLIER
                                
 The Warsaw bourse begins trading 30 minutes earlier at 9.00
am (0700 GMT). It will continue to close at 4.30 pm.
                                
 
                                
 BANK PEKAO
                                
 Polish consumer watchdog will conclude its probes into
merger of UniCredit's <CRDI.MI> Polish units Bank Pekao
<BAPE.WA> and BPH <BPHW.WA> in a week's time, Parkiet daily
reports.
                                
 The newspaper quotes the regulator's head Malgorzata
Krasnodebska-Tomkiel as saying the merger hurt the consumers'
interest.
                                
 
                                
 GETIN
                                
 ING Securities raised its target price for financial
services company Getin Holding <GETI.WA> to 12.99 from 12.91
zlotys, citing strong first-half earnings.       [ID:nL1289339]
                                
 
                                
 JUTRZENKA
                                
 Erste Bank cuts confectionery producer Jutrzenka <JUTZ.WA>
to 'reduce' from 'hold' and set the target price at 47.5 zlotys.
                                
 
                                
 ASSECO POLAND
                                
 Erste Bank raised software maker Asseco Poland <SOBK.WA> to
'buy' from 'accumulate' and set the target price at 74.4 zlotys.
                                
 
                                
 OTP
                                
 Insurance company OTP Garancia Biztosito and OTP Bank
<OTPB.BU> Romania sold their stakes in Romanian insurance
company OTP Garancia Asigurari to Groupama International,
Nepszabadsag's Hungary Around the Clock service reports.
                                
 
                                
 RIGIPS
                                
 Rigips Romania, a unit of French building materials maker
Saint-Gobain <SGOB.PA>, plans to invest 70 million euros in a
plant near Turceni, southwestern Romania, daily Ziarul Financiar
reports.
                                
 
                                
 TRANSGAZ
                                
 Romanian state-owned gas distributor Transgaz <TGNM.BX>
plans to sell its 0.02 percent stake in local distributor Wirom
Gas, Business Standard writes.
                                
 
                                
 EUROPEAN MARKETS
                                
 European stock index futures pointed to a lower start on
Monday as investors fretted about the impact of Hurricane Gustav
while concerns about corporate technology spending hurt tech
stocks globally.
                                
 For the latest news on European markets, double click [.EU]
                                
 
                                
 WALL STREET
                                
 U.S. stocks tumbled on Friday, led lower by tech shares
after computer maker Dell warned that companies worldwide are
cutting back on technology spending.
                                
 For latest Wall Street news, double click [.N]

                                
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 REGIONAL INDICES
 Warsaw WIG20 <.WIG20>     Istanbul ISE National 100 <.XU100>
 Budapest SE Index <.BUX>  Bucharest Beti <.BETI>
 Prague PX <.PX>           Zagreb Crobex <.CRBEX>
 Sofia Sofix <.SOFIX>      Ljubljana SBI20 <.SBI>
 
 MSCI Global Emerging Markets <.MSCIEF>
 FTSEurofirst 300 <.FTEU3>
 ($1=2.059 Zloty)
 ($1=2.092 Zloty)
 ($1=2.220 Zloty)
 ($1=29811 Lei)