Romania - Factors to watch on Aug 22
BUCHAREST, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Romanian financial
markets on Friday.
DEBT TENDER
Romania sold a planned 300 million lei (68.00 million euro)
in August 2016 treasury bonds on Thursday, with the average
accepted yield at 2.61 percent, central bank data showed.
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FORMER PRIME MINISTER
A Romanian court ordered former prime minister Adrian
Nastase be released on parole on Thursday after serving the
required third of a 4-1/2-year sentence for corruption.
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CEE MARKETS
Hungarian stocks firmed on Thursday, outperforming other
Central European markets, as the country's economic performance
encouraged some buying and the Russian-Ukrainian crisis did not
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INSURANCE
Europe's second-biggest insurer, AXA AXAF.PA , is
disappointed by market performance in Romania, Hungary and
Poland, a company official was quoted as saying by daily Ziarul
Financiar.
PHARMA
Romanian drugmaker Biofarm ROBIO.BX aims to buy back 10
percent of its shares during Aug. 26-Sept. 15 for an overall
worth of 33.3 million lei (7.57 million euro).
Ziarul Financiar
For a schedule of forthcoming Romanian events, double click
RO/DIARY , and a calendar of east European economic indicators,
see CONV/DIARY .
For other related news, double click on:
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Romanian indicators RO/ECI
Main page of Reuters poll RO/POLL1
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