Romania - Factors to watch on June 6 (updated)
06/06/2013 07:22
(Adds press digest) BUCHAREST, June 6 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Romanian financial markets on Thursday. ENERGY The National Statistics Board will release energy resource data for April. DEBT TENDER Romania's finance ministry tenders 700 million lei ($205.68 million) in three-year treasury bonds. ROMANIA CONSUMPTION DOWN 0.2 PERCENT Y/Y IN Q1 Romania's domestic consumption fell 0.2 percent on the year in January-March, compared with a 1.3 percent rise in the fourth quarter of last year, official data showed on Wednesday. ID:nR5E7L3022 ID:nL5N0EH0NN ROMANIA NET WAGE UP 7.0 PCT Y/Y IN APRIL The average Romanian monthly wage rose by 7.0 percent on the year to 1,661 lei ($490) in April and was 2.7 percent up from the previous month, largely driven by Easter-related bonuses, the National Statistics Board said on Wednesday. CEE MARKETS The zloty fell on Wednesday after the Polish central bank governor said the currency's weakening was not a concern following a cut in interest rates, and the Hungarian forint was also dragged sharply lower. ID:nL5N0EH0ZX POLL-ZLOTY HAS SPACE TO RISE, OUTSHINE REGIONAL PEERS The Polish zloty's steep fall in May has given it room to appreciate even while central banks in emerging Europe are cutting rates to boost their struggling economies, a monthly Reuters poll showed on Wednesday. ID:nL5N0EH1XY MICROSOFT, FBI TAKE AIM AT GLOBAL CYBER CRIME RING Microsoft Corp MSFT.O and the FBI, aided by authorities in more than 80 countries, have launched a major assault on one of the world's biggest cyber crime rings, believed to have stolen more than $500 million from bank accounts over the past 18 months. ID:nL1N0EG16N TRANSGAZ Petru Vaduva was named the new CEO of Romanian state-owned gas pipeline operator Transgaz ROTGN.BX . Ziarul Financiar, Page 4 NUCLEARELECTRICA The announcement for an IPO in state-controlled nuclear power operator Nuclearelectrica will be published by June 19, while the offer will take place by July 15, the head of the government's OPSPI privatisation agency said. The bourse listing of Nuclearelectrica is a commitment under Romania's 5 billion euro International Monetary Fund aid deal. Earlier this year the energy minister said the IPO would be delayed from May to October-November. Ziarul Financiar, Page 4 CFR MARFA US railroad company OmniTrax, Romania's Grup Feroviar Roman and the joint venture of Transferoviar Group and Donau-Finanz GmbH&Co KG Austria filed preliminary and non-binding bids for a majority stake in rail freight carrier CFR Marfa that the government plans to sell by June 20. Ziarul Financiar, Page 2 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 --------------------------------------------------------------- ($1 = 3.4033 Romanian lei) ((luiza.ilie@thomsonreuters.com)(+4021 305 5262)(Reuters Messaging: luiza.ilie.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))