PRAGUE, May 28 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Thursday:
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours)
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PRAGUE - Artificial textile maker Pegas Nonwovens
<> should release first quarter results.
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PRAGUE - 52-week T-bill auction.
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PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a
regular weekly meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary
policy issues.
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PRAGUE - The uper house of parliament to hold a session. The
law on shortening electoral term for the lower house on the
schedule.
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EGG FIGHT: Czech activists pelted the leader of the leftist
Social Democrats with hundreds of eggs at a rally on Wednesday
ahead of European and national elections.
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CEE FX SLIP: Poland's zloty slipped on Wednesday, but was
little changed after the central bank left interest rates
unchanged, as expected, while central European currencies gave
up ground after an emerging market risk rally.
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UNIPETROL SHUTDOWN: Czech Unipetrol <> will shut
its steam cracker unit for sixteen days in June for repair work,
the company said on Wednesday.
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INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK: Czech industrial output is expected to
show a double-digit drop for a sixth straight month in April as
waning demand from the euro zone hurts exports, although
analysts said there are signs of a turnaround.
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---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2009
Czech Equities <> 910.3 910.3 +0.00 N/A
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 26.750 26.665 -0.32 +0.15
vs Dollar <CZK=> 19.328 18.975 -1.78 -1.08
U.S. Equities <> 8,300 8,473 -2.05 -5.43
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600 GMT
=========================PRESS DIGEST===========================
SPORITELNA: The CEO of Erste Bank unit Ceska Sporitelna
<>, Gernot Mittendorfer, said he has not seen worsening
payment morale from corporate borrowers.
Lidove Noviny, page 20
ECM LOSS SMALLER: Real Estate Investments <> showed
a 0.9 million euro loss in the first quarter, down from 14.6
million a year ago.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 23
ELECTRONIC TREASURER: Finance Minister Eduard Janota said he
would not sign a 2.4 billion crown contract for a new electronic
state treasury system until he knows how much it will cost in
the end as the price is likely to rise.
The contract was won last year by a consortium led by IBM
<IBM.N>
Hospodarske Noviny, page 15
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