PRAGUE, Nov 13 (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 + 1 hour)
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PRAGUE - Minutes from the November 5 governing board meeting
at 0800 GMT.
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PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to hold an
extraordinary session on technical adjustments in 2009 state
budget (0900 GMT).
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UNIPETROL EARNINGS: Czech downstream oil group Unipetrol
<> showed a 35 million crown ($2.06 million) loss in
the third quarter, the company said on Friday.
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CEZ EARNINGS: Czech power group CEZ<>, eastern
Europe's largest listed company, reported a slightly
worse-than-expected 2-percent drop in third quarter net profit
due to falling demand from harder hit industries.
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CEE MARKETS: Central European currencies moved sideways and
equities were mixed on Thursday as regional markets were kept
fragile by budget deficit concerns ahead of euro zone output and
U.S. jobless figures.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2009
Czech Equities <> 1168,8 1168,8 0,97 36,19
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 25,49 25,522 0,13 4,72
vs Dollar <CZK=> 17,157 17,182 0,15 10,24
U.S. Equities <> 10197,47 10291,26 -0,91 16,19
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600
==========================PRESS DIGEST========================
CEZ: A special law may be adopted to give the government a
bigger say in a tender to build up to five nuclear reactors for
Czech power firm CEZ <>, which is majority owned by the
state.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
PRICES: The level of prices will rise by 1.5 percent in
January due to a hike in indirect taxes and regulated rents, the
paper reports, citing its own calculations. Without these
effects, prices would remain flat.
Mlada fronta Dnes, page 1
CSOB IPO: An initial public offering of the second largest
Czech bank by total assets CSOB, a unit of Belgium's KBC
<KBC.BR>, could take place by the first half of the year and
could raise up to 50 billion crowns ($2.95 billion), which would
make it the largest IPO on the Prague bourse.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
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