Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on March 29

Philip Morris CR as

29/03/2016 07:20

PRAGUE, March 29 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press 
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial 
markets on Tuesday. 
            
    ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours)          
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    Real-time economic data releases................... ECONCZ   
    Previous stories on Czech data............ CZ-RTRS-LEN-ECI   
    Overview of economic data and forecasts......... CZ/ECON15   
    Updates on CEE currencies........................... CEE/ ] 
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    PRAGUE - Chinese Czech Financial Cooperation Forum (http://www.cnb.cz/miranda2/export/sites/www.cnb.cz/cs/kalendar/jine-udalosti/2016_03_29_cesko-cinske_forum_programme.pdf) 
 (0730 GMT). 
    Related news  RTRS-LEN-CZ-BANK  
     
    PRAGUE - Chinese President Xi Jinping and Czech President 
Milos Zeman to hold a joint news conference at 0945 GMT.  
    Related news  RTRS-LEN-CEEU-DIP  
===========================NEWS================================= 
       
    PHILIP MORRIS: Czech tobacco group Philip Morris CR 
 TABK.PR  proposed a higher dividend of CZK 920/share. 
    Story:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1710H2 Related news:  RTRS-LEN-CZ-CIGS   
     
    CHINA: Chinese President Xi Jinping began a two-day state 
visit to Prague on Monday to promote business ties, crowning 
efforts by Czech President Milos Zeman to build a strategic 
relationship with Beijing. 
    Story:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N17002Q Related news:  RTRS-LEN-CEEU-DIP   
       
    BOURSES: Small and mid-sized stock exchanges in eastern 
Europe face a struggle to survive in a world where the behemoths 
attract the juiciest listings, and trading volumes are steadily 
shrinking.   
    Story:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N16W3UR Related news:  RTRS-LEN-CEEU-STX  
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------ 
 Index/Crown Currency    Latest     Prev   Pct change Pct change 
                                    close    on day     in 2016 
 vs Euro     EURCZK=      27.061     27.061    0         -0.23 
 vs Dollar      CZK=      24.173     24.236    0.26       2.77 
 Czech Equities  .PX     888.93     888.93    -0.17      -7.05 
 U.S. Equities  .DJI  17,535.39  17,515.73     0.11       0.63 
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT 
=======================PRESS DIGEST============================= 
    CHINA TRADE: A survey by the small- and medium-sized 
business association found 88 percent of the 260 firms asked do 
not export to China and four-fifths do not plan to in the 
future. 
    Mlada Fronta Dnes, page 2 
      
    Reuters did not verify the stories nor does it vouch for 
their accuracy 
     
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Keywords: CZECH FACTORS/