PRAGUE, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Monday.
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hours)
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PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) and Finance Ministry to
hold joint news conference on financial literacy in the Czech
Republic with CNB board member Eva Zamrazilova and Finance
Minister Miroslav Kalousek (09:30 GMT).
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C.BANKER TOMSIK: Czech interest rates will likely stay
stable in this moment, and it is not possible to rule out a rate
move in any direction in the future, a central banker was quoted
as saying on Monday.
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EURO PUSH: German Chancellor Angela Merkel would welcome
additional EU member states into the euro zone but is not
pushing any country to join the currency bloc, her spokesman
said.
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EURO PUSH: German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Czech and
Polish prime ministers that she would welcome their countries
into the eurozone, daily Lidove Noviny reported on Saturday,
citing unnamed sources.
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SKODA IN CHINA: Czech carmaker Skoda Auto will start
production of its compact SUV, the Yeti, in China in 2013 and
plans to build up capacity, dealerships and new products to
boost its share in the country, a newspaper reported on Monday.
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CEE MARKETS: Central European currencies mostly fell on
Friday but the Polish zloty recovered some ground as sources
said state-owned BGK bank bought it against the euro.
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CEE POWER: Czech power prices for the next business day
rebounded to 59 euros, regaining ground after a sharp drop on
Thursday, as demand picked up and worries about cold weather
raised prices, dealers told Reuters.
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CBANKER HOLMAN: The Czech central bank may start lifting
interest rates from record lows in the middle of the next year,
earlier than assumed in the bank's staff forecast, a central
banker was quoted as saying on Friday.
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---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2010
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 25.146 25.171 0.1 4.45
vs Dollar <CZK=> 19.047 19.061 0.07 -3.65
Czech Equities <> 1,181.1 1,181.1 1.03 5.71
U.S. Equities <> 11,410.32 11,370.06 0.35 9.42
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
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SKODA IN CHINA: Volkswagen <VOWG.DE> unit Skoda Auto will
start production of its Yeti SUV in China in 2013, a spokesman
said, confirming other reports.
E15, page 9
CME SHARES: Central European Media Enterprises' (CME)
<CETV.O> <> Chief Executive Adrian Sarbu has sold
129,783 shares in five transactions since November for $2.7
million. He now owns 2.8 million shares in CME.
Tyden, page 66
SWAP: CEZ <> and Czech energy holding EPH are in
talks on a swap for CEZ's Chvaletice plant and EPH's
Energotrans, which runs a plant north of Prague.
Euro, page 14
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