PRAGUE, June 23 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial markets on Wednesday.
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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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] ==========================TOP NEWS============================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.Story: [
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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 ==========================PRESS DIGEST==========================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.
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