Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Nov 3

                                
 PRAGUE, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Tuesday.
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hour)

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 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==============================
                                
 BRNO - The Czech Constitutional Court to continue a public
hearing on a complaint against the EU's Lisbon Treaty filed by a
group of Senators (0800 GMT).
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - Seminar organised by the Warsaw Stock Exchange -
Road Show Czech Republic. News conference at 1430 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-IPO]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to continue a
session.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]

==========================TOP NEWS============================
                                
 FINAL BOND AUCTIONS: The Czech Finance Ministry will hold a
single bond auction in December as it nears its borrowing target
this year, although it is expected to ramp up issuance again
next year and put pressure on markets.
                                
 Story [ID:nL272218] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DBT]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: A fall in equity markets muted gains for
central European currencies on Monday but some analysts still
remain bullish for the region expecting the Polish zloty to gain
significantly. 
                                
 Story [ID:nLU716815] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 CEZ FOR POLISH PLANTS: Four bidders, including Czech utility
CEZ <CEZPsp.PR>, Finnish company Fortum <FUM1V.HE>, and French
EDF <EDF.PA> unit Dalkia, have bid for stakes at two Polish heat
plants, Poland's treasury ministry said on Monday. 
                                
 Story [ID:nL2418797] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MRG]
                                
 
                                
 BUDGET GAP: The Czech central state budget showed a 138.1
billion crown ($7.72 billion) deficit for January-October, a
sharp reversal from a 10.94 billion surplus a year ago, the
Finance Ministry said on Monday.
                                
 Story [ID:nL2588487] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-GVD]
                                
 
                                
 CEE PMI: Czech and Polish manufacturing edged closer to
recovery in October but failed to breach the break-even point,
data showed on Monday, and economists said momentum for a rapid
industrial recovery may be waning.
                                
 Story [ID:nL2296405] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MCE]
                                
 
                                
 BANKRUPTCIES: The number of Czech bankruptcy filings rose 71
percent year on year, a research by debt collection and research
firm Creditreform showed on Monday.
                                
 Story [ID:nL2511886] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MCE]
                                
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2009
 Czech Equities <.PX>  1130.4    1130.4   -0.96         31.72
 vs Euro    <EURCZK=>  26.454    26.392   -0.23          1.12
 vs Dollar     <CZK=>  17.898    17.854   -0.25          6.36
 U.S. Equities <.DJI>  9789.44   9712.73   0.79         11.54
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600

==========================PRESS DIGEST========================
                                
 CEZ TENDER: Russian Atomstroyexport, France's Areva
<CEPFi.PA> and U.S. Westinghouse <6502.T> are the three main
contenders for CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> tender to build new nuclear power
units.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 13
                                
 
                                
 CROWN HELPED: Not setting a euro adoption target date helped
the Czech Republic through the financial crisis, the European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) chief economist
Erik Berglof said.
                                
 Lidove Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 LISBON CASE: The group of senators who filed a complaint
with the Czech Constitutional Court against the Lisbon Treaty
keep open the possibility of going to the EU human rights court
in Strasbourg to complain against procedure.
                                
 Lidove Noviny, page 4
                                
 
                                
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 (Compiled by Jason Hovet)