Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on July 15

                                
 PRAGUE, July 15 (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)

=========================ECONOMIC DATA=========================
                                
 June producer prices and May foreign trade prices 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/]
                                
 
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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.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-PLCY]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - 52-week T-bill auction.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DBT]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE -  NATO Military Committee Chairman Admiral Giampaolo
Di Paola to visit the Czech Republic. News briefing on Friday at
0730 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DEF]
                                
 
 ==========================TOP NEWS============================
                                
 CEE BOND AUCTIONS: Demand and prices fell at a Polish bond
auction on Wednesday a day after inflation data lifted chances
of an interest rate hike, while investors snapped up the first
Czech bond to go on sale in a month.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE66D10U] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DBT]
                                
 
                                
 CZECH 5-YR BOND WELL-BID: Investors bid for more than twice
the offer at the Czech Republic's first bond auction in a month
on Wednesday, keeping the yield from rising too much from a
previous auction.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE66D0J2] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DBT]
                                
 Table: [ID:nPRA005143]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: Emerging European currencies slipped on
Wednesday after stocks fell from highs, but the Polish zloty
bucked the trend, rising on growing rate hike expectations.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE66D07A] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 CEE POWER: Czech power jumped nearly 5 percent on Wednesday
as French demand was expected to bounce back after Wednesday's
holiday there while longer term contracts fell, following gas
and carbon lower, traders said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE66C1OJ] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ELG]
                                
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2010
 Czech Equities <.PX>    --      1174.8    0.21        5.15
 vs Euro    <EURCZK=>  25.487    25.512    0.1         3.16
 vs Dollar     <CZK=>  19.983    20.059    0.38       -8.74
 U.S. Equities <.DJI>  10366.72  10363.02  0.04       -0.59
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT

=========================PRESS DIGEST==========================
                                
 DOLLAR BOND: The Finance Ministry is working on a $2 billion
foreing bond, former Finance Minister Eduard Janota said.
                                
 Mlada Fronta Dnes, page C1
                                
 
                                
 ASSET SWAP: EnBW and EP Holding, a joint venture of
financial groups PPF and J&T, will swap assets in Prazska
Teplarenska and Prazska Energetika. EnBW will raise its stake in
Prazska Energetika to nearly 70 percent, while EP Holding will
get EnBW's 23.2 percent stake in Prazska Teplarenska.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 Reuters has not verified the media reports, nor does it
vouch for their accuracy.
                                
 
                                
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