PRAGUE, June 6 (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 + 2 hours)
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April foreign trade at 0700 GMT
May foreign exchange reserves data at 0800 GMT
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Previous stories on Czech data.............[]
Overview of economic data and forecasts..........<CZ/ECON15>
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PRAGUE - April foreign trade at 0700 GMT
PRAGUE - May foreign exchange reserves data at 0800 GMT
PRAGUE - Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk (0815 GMT),
Czech central bank (CNB) Governor Zenek Tuma (0845 GMT) and
government's chief euro adoption coordinator Oldrich Dedek (0900
GMT) speak at a conference on the euro.
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ZENTIVA AGM: Shareholders of generic drugs maker Zentiva
<> rejected a board nomination by private bidder PPF at
a general meeting on Thursday, and approved 7.4 crown per share
dividend.
Story: [] Related news: []
CZECH AIRLINES EARNINGS: State-owned Czech Airlines (CSA),
earmarked for privatisation, booked a loss of 444 million crowns
($27.79 million) in January-April, helped by cost cuts which
offset high fuel prices and a sale of a catering unit.
Story: [] Related news: [
CROWN JUMPS: The Czech crown rose to 24.55 versus the euro
<EURCZK=> on Thursday, extending gains that have taken the
currency to all-time highs in the past days, bar a one-off jump
in offshore trading in April.
Story: [ID:nL05446079 ] Related news: []
---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2008
Czech Equities <> 1,654.3 1,648.2 +0.37 -8.86
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 24.600 24.625 +0.10 +7.72
vs Dollar <CZK=> 15.774 15.802 +0.15 +15.15
U.S. Equities <> 12,604 12,390 +1.73 -4.98
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500
====================== PRESS DIGEST ============================
PRAGUE STOCK EXCHANGE DIVIDEND: The Prague Stock Exchange
will pay out 650 crowns per share dividend from last year's
profit.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 25.
SENATE CLEARS BOND ISSUE: The Czech senate cleared issuance
of 60 billion crowns worth of government bond to cover this
year's state budget deficit.
Hospdarske Noviny, page 25
PRAGUE AIRPORT SALE: The city of Prague will not acquire a 34
percent stake in the Prague Airport ahead of its privatisation
next year but it may get a third from the company's sale
proceeds.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 20
TELEFONICA O2: Czech telecom Telefonica 02 Czech Republic
<> plans to invest 9 billion crowns in 2009, sees
decline in cancelled fixed lines annually to 73,000 from
114,000, the company's chief says.
Reuters has not verified the media reports, nor does it
vouch for their accuracy.
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