Poland - Factors to Watch Aug 25

Enlight Renewable Energy

25/08/2014 07:18

Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which 
may affect Poland's financial markets on Monday. ALL TIMES GMT 
(Poland: GMT + 2 hours): 
     
    WIND FARMS 
    Enlight Renewable Energy, a firm controlled by Israeli group 
Eurocom, plans to build wind farms in Poland with a target 
output of 200 megawatts. The investment is to be carried out 
with Polish partners and may amount to as much as about 300 
million euros ($396 mln), Enlight Chief Executive Gilad Yavetz 
told Puls Biznesu daily. 
     
    LOT 
    Polish state airline LOT plans to double its fleet, the 
number of routes and passengers by 2020, LOT's Chief Executive 
Sebastian Mikosz told Gazeta Wyborcza daily. 
     
    POLISH INVESTMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT 
    Polish state investment vehicle PIR (Polish Investments for 
Development) currently has 1.2 billion zlotys ($379 mln) at its 
disposal and plans to sign 2-3 investment agreements by the end 
of the year, PIR's Chief Executive Mariusz Grendowicz told 
Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. 
     
    CORPORATE BONDS 
    Polish firms issued 9 billion zlotys' worth of bonds in the 
January-July period, a rise of 40 percent compared to the 
corresponding period last year, a representative of Fitch Polska 
told daily Parkiet. 
         
    COAL MINING CONSOLIDATION 
    Coal mining labour unions are trying to convince the 
government to consolidate coal miners Kompania Weglowa, 
Katowicki Holding Weglowy and coal trading company Weglokoks, 
Rzeczpospolita daily reported.  
    The daily added that mining companies are sceptical towards 
the idea. 
   
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 Polish equities        PL-E      E.Europe equities      .CEE  
 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  
  
 For real-time index quotes, double click on: 
 Warsaw WIG20  .WIG20   Budapest BUX  .BUX   Prague PX  .PX  
(1 US dollar = 3.1622 Polish zloty) 
 
 
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