Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Nov 9

                                
 PRAGUE, Nov 9 (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 unemployment data at 0700 GMT.
                                
 October inflation data at 0700 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, to debate
nominations for the country's EU commissioner. News conference
around 1200 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]

==========================TOP NEWS============================
                                
 EC NOMINATION: Czech interim Prime Minister Jan Fischer has
proposed the central bank governor, Zdenek Tuma, for the post of
the Czech representative at the European Commission, a
government spokesman said on Sunday.
                                
 Story [ID:nL8153705] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: Romania's leu fought off pressure on Friday
caused by a likely delay in international loan transfer to
Romania, with dealers suspecting central bank help, while the
Czech crown extended gains to lead central Europe higher. 
                                
 Story [ID:nL6685876] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 CEZ MISSES OUT IN TURKEY: Turkey's privatisation agency
auctioned off three electricity distribution grids on Friday for
a higher than expected $1.15 billion, in auctions seen paving
the way for increased energy privatisations in the short term.
                                
 Story [ID:nL6718855] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MRG]
                                
 
                                
 POWER DEAL: The Czech anti-monopoly office ruled on Friday
that International Power <IPR.L> can sell its Czech power plant
Opatovice to Czech-Slovak investment group J&T.
                                
 Story [ID:nPRG003764] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ENG]
                                
 
                                
 FOREIGN TRADE: Czech foreign trade posted a 17.76 billion
crown ($1.01 billion) surplus in September, bigger than analyst
forecasts in a Reuters poll, data showed on Friday.
                                
 Story [ID:nL6542741] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MCE]
                                
 
                                
 GRAIN HARVEST: The Czech Republic harvested 7.730 million
tonnes of grains including corn, just above last month's
forecast, the Czech Statistics Bureau (CSU) said in this year's
final harvest estimate on Friday.
                                
 Story [ID:nPRA004840] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-GRA]
                                
 
                                
 TEMELIN OUTAGE: Czech power group CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> said it
would disconnect unit 1 at nuclear power plant Temelin from the
grid starting on Saturday for a planned check.
                                
 Story [ID:nPRG003763] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-NUC]

 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2009
 Czech Equities <.PX>    --      1135.1   -1.18        32.27
 vs Euro    <EURCZK=>  25.715    25.801    0.33         3.88
 vs Dollar     <CZK=>  17.189    17.322    0.77        10.07
 U.S. Equities <.DJI>  10023.42  10005.96  0.17        14.21
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600

==========================PRESS DIGEST========================
                                
 CEZ-DALKIA: Czech power group <CEZPsp.PR> has signed an
agreement to buy a stake in Dalkia's <EDF.PA> <VIE.PA> Czech
operations for 9 billion crowns ($521.1 million), the daily
reported by citing an unnamed source.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
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vouch for their accuracy.
                                
    
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 For diary of forthcoming Czech events                [CZ/DIARY]
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 TOP NEWS -- Convergence watch                        [TOP/EAST]

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 (Compiled by Jason Hovet)