PRAGUE, April 1 (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 + 2 hour)
======================== ECONOMIC DATA ========================
Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for February due out at
0730 GMT.
Real-time economic data releases....................<ECONCZ>
Previous stories on Czech data.............[]
Overview of economic data and forecasts..........<CZ/ECON15>
Updates on CEE currencies.............................[]
=========================== EVENTS =============================
PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to continue its
session.
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PRAGUE - End-March budget balance data and a detailed
calendar for the issuance of domestic state bonds in the fifth
month of 2009.
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PRAGUE - 15-year government bond auction <CZ1001945=>.
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PRAGUE - Roundtable "Do We See Light at the End of the
Tunnel?" with Czech central bank (CNB) Governor Zdenek Tuma
opening speech (1130 GMT).
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PRAGUE - Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg to meet
his Ethiopian counterpart Seyoum Mesfin. News conference at 1340
GMT.
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========================TODAY'S NEWS=========================
CEZ STAKE: UniCredit <CRDI.MI> banking group has built up a
9 percent stake in Czech power group CEZ <> which it is
holding for investors, daily Hospodarske Noviny reported on
Wednesday.
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===========================TOP NEWS===========================
PARTIES EDGE CLOSER TO NEW GOVT: Ousted Czech Prime Minister
Mirek Topolanek said on Tuesday his government would step down
before the end of the country's EU presidency in June and
technocracts would take over.
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OPPOSITION POINTS: The lower house of the Czech parliament
gave first-reading approval to a series of economic stimulus
measures on Tuesday proposed by the left-wing opposition under a
deal with the centre-right cabinet to develop joint effort to
fight the crisis and build a new administration.
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LISBON IN MAY: The Czech parliament's upper house will vote
on the European Union's Lisbon treaty by early May and the
chances of approval are relatively high despite last week's
cabinet fall, politicians said on Tuesday.
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ORCO DELAY: Developer Orco Property Group <>
delayed the release of 2008 results until April 7 after a review
of financial communication with a court-appointed trustee and
auditors, the company said on Tuesday.
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NO FX IMBALANCES: There are no foreign exchange imbalances
in the Czech economy that would expose it to big refinancing
risks, Czech central bank Vice-Governor Miroslav Singer said on
Tuesday.
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CEE FX SLIGHTLY UP: Hungary's forint was steady on Tuesday
despite a second downgrade in as many days, holding ground as
rising stocks and political news supported emerging European
currencies.
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EU-ISRAEL SUMMIT UNLIKELY: The Czech EU presidency is not
happy with some Israeli policies and an EU-Israel summit is
unlikely to take place in the next three months, Czech Foreign
Minister Karel Schwarzenberg was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
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---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2009
Czech Equities <> 749.7 749.7 +0.00 N/A
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 27.555 27.320 +0.00 -1.94
vs Dollar <CZK=> 20.692 20.693 +0.03 -7.62
U.S. Equities <> 7,609 7,522 +1.16 -13.30
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600 GMT
===========================PRESS DIGEST=========================
ONE POWER MARKET: The Prague Energy Exchange (PXE) and
another domestic power market will merge from today to create
one electricity exchange.
E15, page 14
AIRPORT SALE: The opposition Social Democrats succeeded with
a first reading of bill that would ban the sale of the Prague
Airport.
Mlada Fronta Dnes, page A10
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