PRAGUE, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Wednesday.
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hour)
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PRAGUE - Minutes from the December 16 governing board
meeting where the main interest rate was cut to a record low of
1.0 percent. 1330 GMT.
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AKENERJI AND CEZ: Turkish power producer Akenerji
<AKENR.IS>, part-owned by Czech company CEZ <>, said it
is interested in entering a government tender for a licence to
build Turkey's first nuclear power plant.
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CEE MARKETS: Central European currencies were little changed
on Tuesday and traders said they expected them to stay close to
their current levels until the end of the year as many have
already met their 2009 trading targets.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2009
Czech Equities <> 1111,5 1111,5 0,22 29,52
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 26,289 26,33 0,16 1,73
vs Dollar <CZK=> 18,423 18,462 0,21 3,62
U.S. Equities <> 10464,93 10414,14 0,49 19,24
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600
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INTEREST RATES: Some big Czech banks reduce interest rates
on deposits after the central bank cut the main two-week repo
rate to a record low 1 percent. Deposit rates were higher than
the inflation rate this year but it's hardly likely to be the
case next year, analysts said.
Hospodarske Noviny, Page 17
REAL ESTATE DEAL: Developer ECM Real Estate Investments
<> sold its City Tower Project to an undisclosed
investor. The agreed value was 130 million euros ($186 million)
and the purchase price was 52 million euros, the paper said. It
is the largest real estate deal in the Czech Republic this year.
Hospodarske Noviny, Page 23
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