PRAGUE, Nov 1 (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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Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for October due out at 0730
GMT.
End-October budget balance data at 1200 GMT.
Real-time economic data releases....................<ECONCZ>
Previous stories on Czech data.............[]
Overview of economic data and forecasts..........<CZ/ECON15>
Updates on CEE currencies............................[]
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INTEREST RATE POLL: Eighteen out of 19 analysts in a Reuters
poll expect the bank to keep the main rate flat at a record low
0.75 percent. One analyst forecast a 25 basis point rise.
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CEE MARKETS: Central Europe's currencies were mostly in
positive territory on Friday, with Hungary's forint leading
gains ahead of detailed budget plans due from the government
this weekend.
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JANACEK TO MISS CBANK MEETING ON RATES: Czech central bank
board member Kamil Janacek will miss the bank's policy meeting
on Nov. 4, the bank said on Friday.
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UNIPETROL OUTLOOK: Unipetrol says Q4 outlook positive but
stays cautious.
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NWR MULLS ISSUE OF NEW SHARES TO FINANCE BOGDANKA: Czech
coal miner NWR <NWRS.L> is considering the issue of around 1.4
billion zlotys ($490.5 million) in shares to partly finance a
bid for Polish rival Bodganka <LWBP.WA>, the company said on
Friday in a document prepared for a general shareholders'
meeting.
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END-SEPT MONEY SUPPLY: Czech money supply, as measured by
the M2 indicator, grew by 4.7 percent year-on-year at the end of
September, after a 4.6 percent rise the previous month, central
bank data showed on Friday.
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CEE POWER: Czech power for the next working day tumbled on
Friday as more production was expected to come on line and
weather forecasts were for warmer weather, traders said.
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---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2010
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 24.611 24.656 0.18 6.49
vs Dollar <CZK=> 17.745 17.901 0.87 3.44
Czech Equities <> 1,163.9 1,163.9 0.81 4.17
U.S. Equities <> 11,113.95 11,126.28 -0.11 6.58
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
=========================PRESS DIGEST==========================
EVRAZ AND ARCELOR FINALLY AGREE ON PRICES: Russian steel
maker Evraz <HK1q.L> has agreed with ArcelorMittal [] on
the price of raw materials ending a dispute that has halted
production since July.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 20
MOST CZECHS UNHAPPY WITH ECON SITUATION: A poll by the STEM
agency found that 80 percent of Czechs consider the country's
economic situation bad. However, 61 percent consider the living
standard of their own household to be good.
Pravo, page 2
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