Poland - Factors to Watch on Feb 5

Ipopema Securities SA

05/02/2014 07:09

Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which 
may affect Poland's financial markets on Wednesday. ALL TIMES 
GMT (Poland: GMT + 1 hour): 
     
    RATES 
    Poland's central bank will announce its rate decision on 
Wednesday. All analysts polled by Reuters expect rates to remain 
flat on all-time low of 2.5 percent - in line with the bank's 
guidance. 
    
    POLISH BONDS  
    Foreign inventors' holdings of Polish local bonds fell in 
January after a rise in December, the finance ministry said in a 
statement late on Tuesday. 
     
    WIG20 .WIG20  BLUE-CHIP INDEX 
    Alior Bank  ALRR.WA  and clothing retailer LPP  LPPP.WA  may 
join Warsaw bourse's most prestigious index WIG20, replacing 
developer GTC  GTCP.WA  and Bank Handlowy  BHW.WA , daily 
Parkiet quoted market analysts. 
     
    CHEMICAL SECTOR 
    Poland's largest chemical group Grupy Azoty  ATTP.WA  may 
conclude the takeover of Organika-Sarzyna, the subsidiary of 
Azoty's smaller rival Ciech  CIEP.WA  this quarter for over 0.5 
billion zlotys ($160.14 million), daily Parkiet reported. 
     
    LOT 
    Polish troubled, state-owned airline LOT  LOT.UL  wants to 
turn profitable this year. At the same time the company would 
like to avoid the necessity of reaching for the next tranche of 
state aid, LOT CEO was quoted as saying by DGP daily. 
     
    UNICREDIT, IPOPEMA 
    Polish broker Ipopema and Polish brokerage arm of Italian 
Unicredit  CRDI.MI  brace for the launching privatisation 
process in Romania, planning to coordinate their business there 
from Warsaw, daily Puls Biznesu said. 
 
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