PRAGUE, July 24 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Thursday:
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours)
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PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a
regular weekly meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary
policy issues.
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PRAGUE - Telecoms operator Telefonica O2 Czech Republic
<>, a unit of Spain's Telefonica <TEF.MC>, to release
H1 results.
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OSTRAVA - Coal miner NWR <NWRSsp.PR> to hold news conference
with board chairman Miklos Salamon at 1200 GMT.
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LANY - Czech president Vaclav Klaus to meet Polish president
Lech Kaczynski to discuss EU issues after rejection of Lisbon
treaty. Press conference to follow at 1700 GMT.
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CENTRAL BANK NOT WORRIED BY 10 PCT CROWN FIRMING: The Czech
central bank would not be worried by a 10 percent year-on-year
appreciation of the crown currency, weekly Ekonom quoted central
bank Vice-Governor Miroslav Singer as saying.
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CROWN EASES FURTHER ON RATE CUT PROSPECTS: The Czech crown
<EURCZK=> extended its fall from record levels on Wednesday
after a steep drop on Tuesday when central bank Governor Zdenek
Tuma hit the market with the prospect of a possible interest
rate cut next month.
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---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2008
Czech Equities <> 1,475.0 1,436.4 +2.69 -18.74
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 23.780 23.804 +0.10 +11.44
vs Dollar <CZK=> 15.139 15.155 +0.07 +19.98
U.S. Equities <> 11,632 11,603 +0.26 -12.31
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500
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STATE TO RAISE NUCLER FUEL RESERVES: The state-run fuel
supplies agency will join power firm CEZ <> in managing
Czech nuclear fuel supplies and increase reserves to 1.5 years
by 2013 from a current 1 year supply.
Lidove Noviny, page 12
SKODA SALES DIP IN H1 ALONG WITH PROFIT: Sales at
Volkswagen's <VOWG.DE> Czech unit Skoda Auto fell 1.6 percent to
111.7 billion Czech crowns ($7.36 billion) in the first half of
the year, and net profit dropped around 10 percent to 7.1
billion crowns due to the strong Czech currency.
Mlada Fronta Dnes, page B3
DOMESTIC CAR PRODUCTION UP: Domestic passenger car
production rose 10.13 percent in the first half to 528,000
vehicles.
E15, page 7
GOVERNMENT APPROVES MITTAL AGREEMENT: The government
approved a memorandum of understanding signed with ArcelorMittal
<ISPA.AS> that ends disputes where the steel giant was seeking
26 billion crowns in damages.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 12
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