Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on September 19

PRAGUE, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial markets on Tuesday:

No economic data releases scheduled.

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- For calendar of real-time economic data releases and consensus market forecasts, double click on <ECONCZ>.

CEZ FALLS ON FLOATATION NEWS

Shares in Czech power utility CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> fell on Monday following news of a possible flotation of the state's 16 percent stake on the Prague Stock Exchange next year.

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GOVT EYES CEZ STAKE SALE

The minority right-of-centre Czech government wants to prepare a plan to gradually float a 16 percent stake in power utility CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> on the Prague Stock Exchange next year, Finance Minister Vlastimil Tlusty said on Sunday.

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PARTIES CLOSE TO ELECTION RESULTS

Support for the Czech right-wing Civic Democrats dropped from last month's peak and the popularity of all parties stands very close to their results in June's inconclusive election, a survey showed.

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CZECHS TALK TO NOMURA

The Czech Republic has opened fresh negotiations with Japan's Nomura Holdings <8604.T> in a bid to end a lengthy compensation dispute over the collapse of Czech bank IPB in 2000, the Finance Ministry said.

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UNIPETROL TO INVEST AT BENZINA

Oil group Unipetrol <UNPEsp.PR> plans to invest 1.1 billion crowns into its fuel retail chain Benzina by 2009, the daily Hospodarske Noviny quotes Unipetrol Chief Executive Francois Vleugels as saying.

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REUTERS POLL: INT.RATES SEEN RISING

Most analysts believe interest rates will stay on hold this month, but a sizeable minority expects monetary tightening to keep a lid on resurgent inflation, a Reuters poll showed. All but three economists expected at least one hike by the year-end.

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INTERVIEW: C.BANKER SEES "DEEP" DEBATE ON RATE HIKE

Mounting inflation pressure in the Czech economy will force central bank policymakers to consider "deeply and thoroughly" an interest rate rise later this month, Vice-Governor Miroslav Singer told Reuters.

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