WARSAW, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Central/Eastern
Europe's financial markets on Monday.
SKODA
Skoda Auto, a unit of Germany's car maker Volkswagen
<VOWG.DE>, posted a 4 percent growth in car sales in September,
Skoda's sales director is quoted as saying in Mlada Fronta Dnes.
He added double digit growth rates seen in past years is over.
CEZ
The government halted a sale of a 7 percent stake in
state-controlled power group CEZ <> due to the negative
developments on global equity markets, the finance minister
tells Hospodarske Noviny.
BANCA TRANSILVANIA
Banca Transilvania <BATR.BX>, the largest Romanian-owned
private bank, tripled its net profit in the first nine months to
396.6 million lei ($142 million) and is considering
acquisitions, particularly on the local market, Ziarul Financiar
reports.
PETROM
Romanian top oil group Petrom <SNPP.BX>, owned by Austria's
OMV <OMVV.VI>, bought from its employee union a 20.9 percent
stake in airplane fuel provider Petrom Aviation for 2.5 million
euros, raising its stock to 69.4 percent, says Business
Standard.
TMK ARTROM
Steel pipe maker TMK-Artrom Slatina <ARTM.BX>, of Russian
group TMK, plans to raise its share capital by 81 million euros
from the current 8.1 million euros to cover operating costs,
seeking to reduce lending, Ziarul Financiar writes.
SOPHARMA
Bulgarian drug maker Sopharma <SFARM.BB> posts a 46-percent
increase of sales in September compared to the same month a year
ago, writes Dnevnik.
MVN
Finance Minister Janos Veres filed a bill in Parliament on
Friday on cancelling the long-term electricity purchase
agreements between state-owned electricity company MVM and seven
power plants, writes Nepszabadsag's Hungary Around the Clock
service.
PBG, PGNIG
A consortium led by Polish construction company PBG
<PBGG.WA> won a 1.3 billion zlotys ($526 million) contract to
expand undeground gas storage for gas distributor PGNiG
<PGNI.WA>. []
EUROPEAN MARKETS
European shares look set to open sharply lower on Monday
amid intensifying financial industry woes.
Financial spreadbetters expected Britain's FTSE 100 <>
to open as much as 200 points, or 4.5 percent, lower, Germany's
DAX <> up to 220 points, or 3.8 percent, lower and the
French CAC-40 <> as much as 190 points, or 4.7 percent,
lower.
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WALL STREET
Wall Street ended its worst week in seven years with another
tumble on Friday on fears that the $700 billion financial rescue
package may not unblock credit markets and stave off a U.S.
recession.
After much legislative haggling that roiled and captivated
global markets for the past two weeks, the U.S. House of
Representatives passed the bill on its second try and President
George W. Bush signed it into law.
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OTHER EQUITY NEWS
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Major world stock market performance []
FTSE Eurotop 300 index...................<>
DJ STOXX index...........................<>
Eurotop 300 sector gainers/losers...<.PGL.FTEU3S>
Top 25 European pct gainers............<.PG.PEUR>
Top 25 European pct losers.............<.PL.PEUR>
European Equities speed guide.............<EUR/EQUITY>
Pan European indices.....................<EUR/INDICES1>
Pan European analysis.....................<EUR/STATS1>
REGIONAL INDICES
Warsaw WIG20 <> Istanbul ISE National 100 <>
Budapest SE Index <> Bucharest Beti <>
Prague PX <> Zagreb Crobex <>
Sofia Sofix <.SOFIX> Ljubljana SBI20 <>
MSCI Global Emerging Markets <.MSCIEF>
FTSEurofirst 300 <>
