Romania - Factors to watch on Dec 6 (updated)

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06/12/2013 07:18

(Adds press digest) BUCHAREST, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Romanian financial markets on Friday. ENERGY DATA The National Statistics Board will release energy resource data for October. POLL-TABLE-ROMANIAN MACROECONOMIC FORECASTS A median forecast of 11 analysts polled by Reuters showed    Romanian inflation at 2.2 percent year-on-year in November vs    1.9 percent in October. The monthly forecast is 0.3 percent. ID:nL5N0JK2QK � POLL-TABLE-ROMANIAN INTEREST RATES FORECASTS Analysts expect the central bank to cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point at its January meeting to a new record low of 3.75 percent. A median forecast shows rates at 3.5 percent at the end of 2014.  ID:nL5N0JK2U8  ROMANIA SELLS 500 MLN LEI IN BONDS DUE NOV 2018 Romania sold a planned 500 million lei ($151.7 million) in bonds due in Nov. 2018 on Thursday, with the average accepted yield at 4.9 percent, compared with 4.7 percent at a previous tender on Nov. 14, central bank data showed.  ID:nL5N0JK296  ROMANIA NET AVERAGE WAGE UP 4.1 PCT Y/Y IN OCTOBER The average Romanian monthly wage rose 4.1 percent on the year to 1,615 lei ($490) in October, and was up 0.4 percent from the previous month, the National Statistics Board said on Thursday.   ID:nL5N0JK1HP  ROMANIA STATE-OWNED ENERGY FIRMS TO JOIN BLUE CHIP INDEX Romanian state-owned gas producer Romgaz  ROSNG.BX  and nuclear power producer Nuclearelectrica will be included in the Bucharest Stock Exchange's blue chip index  .BETI  from Dec. 23, the bourse said in a statement.  ID:nL5N0JK1BX  ROMANIA'S FONDUL TO ASSESS OPTIONS FOR 15 PCT STAKE IN TRANSGAZ Franklin Templeton, the manager of Romanian restitution fund Fondul Proprietatea  FP.BX  said it will assess its options for some or all its shares in state-owned gas grid operator Transgaz ROTGN.BX .  ID:nL5N0JK15F  CEE MARKETS Serbia's central bank bought the dinar in the market on Thursday to stem a fall by its currency which bucked a rise of other Central European units as the International Monetary Fund assessed the country's budget situation.  ID:nL5N0JK46P  EGYPT CANCELS WHEAT PURCHASE ON DOCUMENT HITCH - TRADERS Egypt's main government wheat buyer has cancelled the purchase of 60,000 tonnes Romanian wheat in a tender this week due to problems with documents presented by the seller, grain traders said on Thursday.  ID:nL5N0JK44N  NON-PERFORMING LOANS RATE Non-performing loans reached a rate of 21.7 percent at the end of September, said Nicolae Cinteza, the head of the central bank's supervisory department. Ziarul Financiar, Page 6  SOLAR ENERGY Portuguese company Martifer Solar  MARTI.LS  finalised building two solar energy parks in Romania with a total capacity of 5.41 MW. The investment was estimated at about 7 million euros. The two parks will produce 7 GWh per year. Ziarul Financiar, Page 16   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))