Poland - Factors to Watch on Feb 27

Polski Holding Nieruchomosci SA

27/02/2014 07:17

Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which 
may affect Poland's financial markets on Thursday. ALL TIMES GMT 
(Poland: GMT + 1 hour): 
     
    EUROPEAN ELECTIONS 
    Prime Minister Donald Tusk remains in the race for a 
high-profile EU job, despite several denials from his press 
office, daily Rzeczpospolita reported. 
     
    CYFROWY POLSAT CPS.WA  
    New channels and higher per-user revenue in pay TV helped 
Poland's biggest media group report a larger than expected rise 
in fourth-quarter net profit, it said on Thursday. 
     
    ALIOR ALRR.WA  
    The Polish mid-sized lender expects changes in bancassurance 
accounting to boost its 2013 net profit by around 18 million 
zlotys, Alior said in a statement. 
         
    GRUPA AZOTY ATTP.WA  
    Poland's top chemicals group estimates its 2013 net profit 
at 713 million zlotys on sales of 9.82 billion, after its Pulawy 
unit reported a 70-percent dip in second-half net profit to 37 
million due to falling fertiliser prices. 
     
    PHN PHN.WA  
    The Polish real-estate holding posted a 99-million zloty net 
profit in 2013, the company said in a statement, compared to a 
170-million net loss the previous year.  
    PHN also said it will pay the entire profit out in dividend. 
     
    EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 
    More than half of Poles, 51 percent, trust the European 
Parliament, a Eurobarometer survey showed, quoted by daily 
Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. For comparison, only 19 percent of Poles 
trust their own government and 17 percent trust the Lower House 
Sejm. 
                 
    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 = 3.0213 Polish zlotys) 
 
 
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