Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on May 17

Philip Morris CR as

17/05/2016 07:23

PRAGUE, May 17 (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  
    Summary of economic data and forecasts........... CZ/ECON01  
    Recently released economic data.................. CZ/ECON15  
    Previous stories on Czech data............. CZ-RTRS-LEN-ECI  
  **For a schedule of corporate and economic events:  
    http://emea1.apps.cp.thomsonreuters.com/Apps/CountryWeb/#/2E/events-overview 
==========================NEWS================================== 
    PHILIP MORRIS: Czech tobacco company Philip Morris CR 
 TABK.PR  said Q1 consolidated revenue, net of excise tax and 
VAT, reached CZK 2.53 billion ($105.96 million), up 9.3 percent. 
    Story:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N18E0K0 Related stories:  RTRS-LEN-CZ-CIGS  
     
    CENBANK'S RUSNOK: The likelihood of the Czech central bank 
exiting its weak crown policy next year is very high, the next 
likely governor Jiri Rusnok said on Monday, reiterating the 
bank's outlook for a probable exit in mid-2017. 
    Story:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N18D4DY Related stories:  RTRS-LEN-CZ-INT  
     
    CENBANK MEMBERS: Czech President Milos Zeman will name two 
new central bank board members on Tuesday, picking a close 
adviser to the next likely governor and a less widely known 
banker with experience in insurance and pensions. 
    The president's office said Zeman would appoint Vojtech 
Benda and Tomas Nidetzky to six-year terms to fill the seats 
left by outgoing Governor Miroslav Singer and board member Kamil 
Janacek, whose terms finish at the end of June. 
    Story:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N18D2J8 Related stories:  RTRS-LEN-CZ-CEN  
     
    BONDS: The Czech Finance Ministry will offer up to 13 
billion crowns ($544.73 million) worth of domestic government 
bonds in three primary auctions taking place in June, the 
ministry said on Monday. 
    Story:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nP7N15902Q Related stories:  RTRS-LEN-CZ-DBT  
 
    CEE MARKETS: The Polish zloty firmed 1.0 percent and 
government bond prices gained early in the session on Monday 
after Moody's kept the country's rating unchanged but shifted 
its outlook to negative from stable on Saturday as expected.  
    Story:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N18D1H9 Related stories:  RTRS-LEN-CEEU-FRX  
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------ 
 Index/Crown Currency    Latest     Prev   Pct change Pct change 
                                    close    on day     in 2016 
 vs Euro     EURCZK=      27.02      26.991    -0.11     -0.08 
 vs Dollar      CZK=      23.856     23.831    -0.1       4.04 
 Czech Equities  .PX     882.66     882.66      1.01     -7.7 
 U.S. Equities  .DJI  17,710.71  17,535.32      1         1.64 
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT 
          
 For real-time stock market index quotes click in brackets:  
 Warsaw WIG20  .WIG20   Budapest BUX  .BUX  Prague PX  .PX   
 For updates on CEE currencies                        CEE/  
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($1 = 23.8860 Czech crowns) 
 
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Keywords: CZECH FACTORS/