PRAGUE, Aug 27 (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 + 2 hours)
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NWR EARNINGS: Czech miner New World Resources (NWR)
<NWRS.L> <NWRSsp.PR> swung to a second-quarter profit on
Thursday due to higher coal prices that signalled a stronger
second-half performance.
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FINMIN STICKS TO BORROWING PLAN: The Czech Finance Ministry
denied market talk on Thursday that it would lower its 2010
borrowing target after dealers and analysts said a meeting with
debt officials this week indicated lower issuance this year.
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POLAND SEES PREMIUM FOR ENEA ABOVE 20 PCT: Poland expects
the control premium for its 51 percent stake of utility Enea
<ENAE.WA> to exceed 20 percent of market valuations because of a
long line of bidders, Deputy Treasury Minister Jan Bury told
Reuters.
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CEE MARKETS: Central Europe's currencies mostly rose on
Thursday helped by a firmer euro while Hungary's bond yields
jumped after its auctions on concerns
over its fiscal outlook and its rejection of a new IMF deal.
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CEE ENERGY: Czech spot power posted strong gains on Thursday
for a second day running as wind generation in the region
remained low and lack of available capacity supported prices,
traders said.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2010
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 24,82 24,805 -0,06 5,69
vs Dollar <CZK=> 19,508 19,475 -0,17 -6,15
Czech Equities <> 1,148 1,148 0,52 2,75
U.S. Equities <> 99,85,81 10,060,06 -0,74 -4,24
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
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ENERGY PRICES: Prime Minister Petr Necas changed tack,
saying his cabinet will try to prevent a steep rise in power
prices as of next years (15 percent for households, 19 percent
for companies), caused by a jump in renewable resources subsidy.
The cabinet will try to make the solar business less attractive,
he said.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 9
HARVEST: Agriculture Minister Ivan Fuksa expects this year's
harvest to be down by 10 percent compared with last year. He
also said the government did not plan to privatise brewery
Budejovicky Budvar because the time was not good to privatise
anything. He did not exclude the possibility to sell 5-7 percent
in the brewery in the future.
Pravo, page 4
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