Poland - Factors to Watch July 24

Mennica Polska SA

24/07/2014 07:09

Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which 
may affect Poland's financial markets on Thursday. ALL TIMES GMT 
(Poland: GMT + 2 hours): 
     
    LNG TERMINAL 
    Polish Treasury Minister Wlodzimierz Karpinski told public 
radio that the government expects the first LNG carrier from 
Qatar to arrive in the Polish port of Swinoujscie, where the LNG 
terminal is constructed, at the turn of the first and second 
quarters of 2015.  
     
    NETIA NET.WA  
    Mennica Polska  MNCP.WA , a Netia shareholder, has funds to 
repurchase more Netia shares from current shareholders, the head 
of Mennica, Grzegorz Zambrzycki, told Parkiet daily. 
    Zambrzycki added that the price at which Mennica has so far 
purchased Netia shares amounted to 5.49-5.5 zlotys per share - 
higher than the price offered in a bid by Netia's rival, Vectra. 
     
    PKN PKN.WA  
    Poland's top refiner plans to focus on improving the 
effectiveness of its Lithuanian refinery, but may temporarily 
suspend the refinery's operation in case of a fall in refining 
margins, PKN's Deputy Chief Executive Slawomir Jedrzejczyk told 
Puls Biznesu daily. 
     
    For other related news, double click on: 
 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 = 3.0701 Polish Zlotys) 
 
 
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