Poland - Factors to Watch Aug 27

Bioton SA

27/07/2015 07:11

Following are news stories, press reports and events to watch 
that may affect Poland's financial markets on Monday. ALL TIMES 
GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours): 
     
    BANK MILLENNIUM   MILP.WA             
    Polish unit of Portuguese lender Millennium BCP  BCP.LS  
reported on Monday a 1-percent rise in its second-quarter net 
profit. Bank Millennium's bottom line stood at 165 million 
zlotys, coming above analysts' forecasts.  ID:nL5N1070D5  
     
    ORANGE  OPL.WA  
    The Polish unit of French Orange  ORAN.PA  will release 
results for the first half of the year after the market closes.  
Analysts polled by Reuters expected the group to report an 
18-percent fall in its second quarter net profit. 
 ID:nL5N1011HR  
     
    JSW  JSW.WA  
    Coal producer JSW plans to merge its costly thermal coal 
Krupinski mine with Pniowek mine, but may also consider selling 
Krupinski, Rzeczpospolita daily reported. The paper said that 
the French EDF  EDF.PA  could be a potential investor in 
Krupinski. 
     
    NUCLEAR PLANS 
    Poland's first nuclear power plant is to start producing 
electricity in 2031, Rzeczpospolita said quoting a document 
prepared by the investor PGE, which was obtained and published 
by Greenpeace.  
    But PGE's unit in charge of the project said in a separate 
statement that the quoted deadline is not binding and that the 
schedule is still being reviewed.  
   
    BIOTON  BIOP.WA  
    Millionaire Ryszard Krauze has decided to sell his entire 
remaining stake in pharmaceutical firm Bioton, Rzeczpospolita 
said. The 11.8-percent share package will be bought by China CEE 
Investment Cooperation Fund. 
         
    ****Reuters has not verified these stories and does not 
vouch for their accuracy.**** 
     
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 Eastern Europe         EEU       All emerging markets   EMRG  
 Hot stocks             HOT       Stock markets          STX  
 Market debt news       DBT       Forex news             FRX  
  
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