P PRAGUE, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Tuesday.
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hour)
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PRAGUE - Central bank board member Pavel Rezabek meets with
Building Entrepreneurs Association (0930 GMT)
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PRAGUE - Central bank Vice-Governor Mojmir Hampl to attend
budget committee in Parliament (1230 GMT)
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CEE MARKETS: Romania's leu slipped with central European
peers on Monday, unable to shake nagging political uncertainty
after incumbent President Traian Basescu won an election runoff
by a razor-thin margin.
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CEZ: Czech power group CEZ <> set conditions for a
planned 2-year, 100 million euro privately-placed bond with a
coupon at 50 basis points above 3-month Euribor, it said on
Monday
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CO2 CREDITS: The Czech Republic plans to sell 31.5 million
carbon emissions credits by 2012 and keep another 50 million to
dole out to domestic companies, an environmental ministry
spokeswoman said on Monday.
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FOREIGN TRADE: The Czech foreign trade posted a 17.5 billion
($3.16 billion) surplus in October, more than double the
forecast in a Reuters poll, data showed on Monday.
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---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2009
Czech Equities <> 1139,6 1139,6 -0,91 32,79
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 25,625 25,61 -0,06 4,22
vs Dollar <CZK=> 17,279 17,275 -0,02 9,6
U.S. Equities <> 10390,11 10388,9 0,01 18,39
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600
==========================PRESS DIGEST========================
RETAIL BONDS: Finance Minister Eduard Janota said he was
ready to call a tender for a company handling the government's
planned retail bond issue if politicians require it. But it
would delay the programme by about a year.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 23
BEER: The Czech beer market is expected to drop by up to 9
percent this year due to weaker exports at leading brewers,
including SABMiller's <SAB.L> Pilsner Urquell and Anheuser-Busch
InBev's <ABI.BR> Staropramen, a breweries association said.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 18
HYUNDAI: The management of car maker Hyundai Motor's
<005380.KS> Czech unit is ready to meet trade unions on Tuesday
to debate conditions that they set to avoid a strike.
Lidove Noviny, page 1
SAZKA: S&P downgraded betting company Sazka for the second
time over the last two weeks to B minus with a negative outlook.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 16
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