PRAGUE, June 23 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Wednesday.
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours)
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PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to meet on
interest rates. An announcement is expected at 1100 GMT with a
news conference to follow at 1200 GMT.
All analysts in a Reuters poll expect the bank to leave
rates unchanged at record low 0.75 percent. []
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CEE MARKETS: Hungary's forint and Poland's zloty fell on
Tuesday, giving up gains from the previous day after investors
booked profits from a risk rally sparked by China loosening its
grip on the yuan.
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EUROBOND: The Czech Republic is preparing to issue a
Eurobond of around 1 billion euros, likely with a maturity of
more than 10 years and possibly to be followed by issues in
currencies other than the euro and dollar.
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CEE POWER: Czech day-ahead power firmed on Tuesday on
forecasts for low wind capacity in the region and delays in
nuclear restarts, while power futures followed oil lower,
traders said.
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TEMELIN RESTART DELAY: Czech power producer CEZ <>
said on Tuesday the planned restart of unit 2 at its Temelin
nuclear power plant would be delayed by about one week for
further testing after a technical delay last week.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2010
Czech Equities <> -- 1172.4 -1.1 4.93
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 25.76 25.78 0.08 2.12
vs Dollar <CZK=> 21.021 20.998 -0.11 -14.39
U.S. Equities <> 10293.52 10442.41 -1.43 -1.29
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
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GOVT VS COAL: Leaders of the three centre-right parties
forming a new government agreed not to extend mining limits and
will take issue in account in the national energy programme.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
TEMELIN PRICE: Toshiba Corp <6502.T> Westinghouse's European
director estimated the cost of two new blocks at CEZ's
<> Temelin nuclear power plant would be around 3,000
euros per kilowatt, which would put overall cost for two
reactors around 170 billion crowns ($9.03 billion).
Hospodarske Noviny, page 15
NWR FINISHES SALE OF ENERGY UNIT: New World Resources
<NWRSsp.PR> completed the sale of its energy unit to Dalkia for
131 million euros.
E15, page 4
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