Romania - Factors to watch on Nov 7 (updated)

BRD Groupe Societe Generale SA

07/11/2013 07:30

(Adds press digest) BUCHAREST, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Romanian financial markets on Thursday.     DEBT TENDER Romania's finance ministry tenders 1 billion lei in three-year treasury bonds. ROMANIA'S PETROM Q3 NET PROFIT AT 1.27 BLN LEI Romania's top oil and gas company Petrom  ROSNP.BX , majority-owned by Austria's OMV  OMVV.VI , posted a third-quarter net profit of 1.27 billion lei ($387.59 million) on Thursday, slightly above market expectations.  ID:nL5N0IR2BI  ROMANIA'S BRD 9-MONTH NET PROFIT BELOW EXPECTATIONS Romania's second-largest bank, BRD  ROBRD.BX , controlled by France's Societe Generale  SOGN.PA , posted a net profit of  51 million lei ($15.56 million) in the first nine months, below market expectations.  ID:nL5N0IR2F8  CEE MARKETS The Polish zloty led gains among emerging European currencies on Wednesday, touching a two-week high after strong manufacturing data earlier this week and a central bank decision to hold interest rates steady.  ID:nL5N0IR1XX  POLL-CEE CURRENCIES SEEN FIRMING OVER 12 MONTHS Central European currencies are set to firm against the euro in the next 12 months, helped by economic recovery in Europe and relatively sound current account balances, a Reuters poll shows. ID:nL5N0IR395  NON-PERFORMING LOANS RATE Non-performing loans reached a rate of 21.6 percent at the end of September, central bank data showed. Ziarul Financiar, Page 6 2014 BUDGET The government plans to approve the budget for 2014 in a meeting that will take place next week, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said. Evenimentul Zilei, Page 6 PROTEST About 7,000 teachers protested in Bucharest on Wednesday asking for more money for the education sector. Romania Libera, Page 5   ž 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: --------------------------------------------------------------- Romania Market Debt      RO-DBT    Romanian forex       RO-FRX  Romania Market Report    ROL/      Romanian money       RO-M  Emerging Market Debt     EMRG/DBT  Emerging forex     EMRG/FRX  All Emerging Markets news  EMRG    CEE indicators   CONV/DIARY  All East Europe News        EEU    E.Europe equities      .CEE  TOP NEWS -- Emerging markets    TOP/EMRG  TOP NEWS -- Convergence watch   TOP/EAST  Romanian indicators         RO/ECI  Main page of Reuters poll   RO/POLL1  -------------------------------------------------------------- ((radu.marinas@thomsonreuters.com+4021 305 5263)(Reuters)(Messaging: radu.marinas.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))