Poland - Factors to Watch April 28

Alumetal SA

28/04/2023 06:53

WARSAW, April 28 - The following are news stories, press
reports and events that may affect Poland's financial markets on
Friday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours):
    
    DATA
    Poland's statistics office to release its flash CPI data at
0800. 
    
    BONDS
    Poland's finance ministry to publish May debt supply at
1300. 
    
    UKRAINE
    Poland wants a serious restriction on the freedom to import
agricultural products from Ukraine, but the EU sees no reason to
expand the list of banned goods beyond grains,  Rzeczpospolita
daily reported.
    
    BANKS
    One of Poland's top lenders, mBank  MBK.WA , reported a fall
of 72% in first-quarter net profit, weighed down by high
provisions for the cost of foreign exchange mortgages.
    Poland's Bank Millennium  MILP.WA  reported on Friday
first-quarter net profit of 252.1 million zlotys ($60.67
million) recovering from last year's 122.3 million zlotys loss.
    March 2023 was the first month in a long time in which there
was a significant increase in interest in loans, while the
average creditworthiness in three months increased by almost
20%, Puls Biznesu daily reported.     
    
    ALUMETAL  AMT.WA 
    Norwegian metals maker Norsk Hydro  NHY.OL  on Thursday
raised its offer for Alumetal  AMT.WA , nearly a year after it
made its bid to buyout the Polish recycler in an attempt to
strengthen its recycling profile in Europe.
    
    
    ****Reuters has not verified stories reported by Polish
media and does not vouch for their accuracy.****
    
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 Polish money           PL-M      Polish debt            PL-D  
 Eastern Europe         EEU       All emerging markets   EMRG 
 Hot stocks             HOT       Stock markets          STX 
 Market debt news       DBT       Forex news             FRX 
 
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 (Reporting by Warsaw Bureau)
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