Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Nov 16

                                
 PRAGUE, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Monday.
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hour)

=========================ECONOMIC DATA=========================
                                
 October producer prices and August foreign trade prices data
at 0800 GMT.
                                
 Real-time economic data releases....................<ECONCZ>
                                
 Previous stories on Czech data.............[CZ-RTRS-LEN-ECI]
                                
 Overview of economic data and forecasts..........<CZ/ECON15>
                                
 Updates on CEE currencies.............................[CEE/]
                                

==========================EVENTS==============================
                                
 PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a session. News
conference to follow.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar to meet U.S.
Undersecretary of State Ellen Tauscher. News conference at 1100
GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
                                
 
==========================TOP NEWS============================
                                
 CEE GDP: Some economies in the EU's east showed signs of
revival in the third quarter while some faltered, with the
Czechs and Slovaks growing versus a quarter ago but Hungary and
Bulgaria failing to pick up.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLD672225] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MCE]
                                
 
                                
 CZECH GDP UP Q/Q: The Czech economy grew by 0.8 percent over
the previous three months in the third quarter, slower than
analysts' expectations of 1.0 percent growth, data showed on
Friday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLD453462] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ECI]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: Poland's zloty neared a two-month peak on
Friday, and currencies across central and eastern Europe were
helped by signs some of its worst-hit economies were
stabilising.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLD393413] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 UNIPETROL Q3: Czech downstream oil group Unipetrol
<UNPEsp.PR> posted a fourth consecutive quarterly loss on
Friday, hit by low refining margins, and it forecast slightly
worse petrochemical margins at the end of 2009.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLD652211] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CHE]
                                
 
                                
 CBANK MINUTES: Czech central bank chief Zdenek Tuma was
again outvoted by the board when it decided to leave rates flat
last week instead of cutting them, minutes from the meeting
showed on Friday. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nLD666922] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CEN]
                                
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2009
 Czech Equities <.PX>    --      1152.3   -1.41        34.27
 vs Euro    <EURCZK=>  25.494    25.444   -0.2          4.71
 vs Dollar     <CZK=>  17.001    17.064    0.37        11.05
 U.S. Equities <.DJI>  10270.47  10197.47  0.72        17.02
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600

==========================PRESS DIGEST========================
                                
 GAS SALES DOWN: Gas sales for RWE Transgas <RWEG.DE> in the
country are around 8-10 percent lower than the firm had
estimated, its CEO said.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 19
                                
 
                                
 CSOB NET: Net profit for CSOB, a unit of KBC <KBC.BR>, rose
231 percent in the first nine months to 9.19 billion crowns
($540.6 million).
                                
 E15, page 17
                                
 
                                
 Reuters has not verified the media reports, nor does it
vouch for their accuracy.
                                
    
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 (Compiled by Jason Hovet)