PRAGUE, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Friday.
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hours)
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PRAGUE - Minutes from the February 3 governing board meeting
at 0800 GMT.
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PRAGUE - December current account balance data at 0900 GMT.
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PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to hold a session.
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CZ, SK Q4 GDP PREVIEW: Exports, investments and restocking
drove growth both in the Czech Republic and Slovakia in the
fourth quarter, but weak consumption was a drag.
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Czech table: []
Slovak table: []
PENTA MAY SELL ZABKA:Czech-Slovak investment group Penta
Investments is close to selling its Polish convenience stores
Zabka to private equity group BC Partners for up to 10 billion
crowns ($565.3 million), magazine Euro said on Thursday.
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PENTAGON TO FIRE MOST OF ITS CZECH STAFF: Taiwan's computer
maker Pegatron <4938.TW> will lay off the majority of its 1,500
workers in the Czech Republic, news agency CTK reported on
Thursday.
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UNIPETROL Q4: A weak refining result and one-off items
pushed Czech downstream oil group Unipetrol <> to a
wider fourth-quarter net loss than expected, sending shares to
their lowest since May 2010.
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SKODA SALES JUMP: Volkswagen's <VOWG.DE> Czech unit Skoda
Auto sales rose by 26.4 percent year on year in January driven
by Russia and Asian markets, it said on Thursday.
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CEE MARKETS: Hungarian bonds gave up more ground on Thursday
as optimism over planned government reforms abated, while the
euro's fall against the dollar also weakened currencies in
Central Europe.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2011
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 24,247 24,201 -0,19 3,01
vs Dollar <CZK=> 17,859 17,783 -0,43 4,33
Czech Equities <> 1,235,9 1,235,9 -1,21 0,91
U.S. Equities <> 12,229,29 12,239,89 -0,09 5,63
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
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FOREIGN IVNESTMENT: Foreign investors have withdrawn 1.01
trillion Czech crowns ($56.84 billion) in dividends from their
Czech units over the past eleven years. They earned 1.88
trillion over the period and reinvested 800 billion, Czech
central bank data showed.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
NUCLEAR POWER: Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas spoke with
his French counterpart Francois Fillon in Paris and said he saw
"three favourites" in the tender to enlarge CEZ <>
nuclear power plant Temelin, the largest Czech procurement deal
ever. France's Areva <CEPFi.PA> is bidding the build the new
units along with Toshiba Corp <6502.T> unit Westinghouse, an
alliance of Russia's Atomstroyexport and Czech company Skoda JS.
Pravo, page 13
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