Poland - Factors to Watch on July 18

Zavarovalnica Triglav dd

18/07/2013 07:11

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): 
 
    BONDS TENDERS 
    Poland is unlikely to hold bond tenders in July and August 
despite plans of an increase in this year's deficit announced by 
the government, Deputy Finance Minister Wojciech Kowalczyk tells 
Gazeta Wyborcza. 
     
    LOTOS LTOS.WA  
    The refiner plans to spend nearly 8 billion zlotys on 
exploration and extraction of natural gas and crude oil from the 
Batlic Sea bed in the years 2013-2015, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna 
daily reports without naming its sources. 
    The daily says Lotos also plans to purchase a fourth 
drilling platform. 
     
    PEKAO  PEO.WA  
    The bank sells its Ukrainian subsidiary PJSC UniCredit Bank 
to its Italian parent Unicredit  CRDI.MI  for $166 million. 
 ID:nL6N0FO086  
     
    OUTPUT 
    Poland's industrial output has entered a rising trend that 
should be sustained in the second half of the year, the finance 
ministry said.  ID:nW8N0F900I  
     
    PZU PZU.WA  
    Eastern Europe's largest insurer is interested in taking 
over Slovenia's Triglav  ZVTG.LJ , PZU chief executive said. 
 ID:nW8N0F900H  
      
    WARSAW BOURSE GPW.WA  
    The stock exchange appoints its founder and first chief 
executive, Wieslaw Rozlucki, as the new chairman of its 
supervisory board.  ID:nL6N0FN3MT  
     
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