PRAGUE, Oct 22 (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 - The lower house of parliament to continue a
session. First reading of 2010 budget draft on the agenda.
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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 - 26-week T-bill auction.
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NEW BONDS: The Czech Republic placed an unflagged 500
million Swiss franc ($494.6 million) bond on Wednesday, and
demand for Polish road bonds rose as central Europe's better-off
states close in on their borrowing targets.
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CEZ POWER DEMAND: Demand for electricity generated by Czech
power group CEZ <> has slightly risen in recent months
in a sign the market may be on the mend, head of sales and
trading Alan Svoboda told Reuters on Wednesday.
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CEE MARKETS: The Hungarian forint pulled back from some
gains after hitting its highest level this year on Wednesday,
but dollar weakness kept central European currencies stronger on
the day and extended a rally.
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GAS STORAGE FULL: RWE's <RWEG.DE> Czech unit Transgas has
kept its gas storage facilities full since the start of October
in preparation for any possible disruptions this winter, an RWE
Transgas spokesman said on Wednesday.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2009
Czech Equities <> -- 1163.4 -0.49 35.56
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 25.908 25.865 -0.17 3.16
vs Dollar <CZK=> 17.277 17.244 -0.19 9.61
U.S. Equities <> 9949.36 10041.48 -0.92 13.37
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600
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SALE: New World Resources (NWR) <NWRSsp.PR> <NWRS.L> is
negotiating to sell subsidiary NWR Energy, a Czech heating
group, to Dalkia.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 17
OIL LOBBY: Czech politicians will try to lobby support from
U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden on his visit for the Czechs to buy
a stake in the TAL oil pipeline, partly owned by U.S. oil group
ExxonMobil.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
TPCA PRODUCTION: Car plant TPCA, a joint venture of Toyota
Motor <7203.T> and PSA Peugeot Citroen <PEUP.PA>, expects to
produce 330,000 vehicles this year, up 2 percent from last year.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 17
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