Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Oct 15

PRAGUE, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial markets on Monday. ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours) =========================ECONOMIC DATA========================== Real-time economic data releases.................... Summary of economic data and forecasts........... Recently released economic data.................. Previous stories on Czech data............. **For a schedule of corporate and economic events: http://emea1.apps.cp.thomsonreuters.com/Apps/CountryWeb/#/2E/events-overview ============================NEWS/EVENTS========================= HARVEST: The statistics office will update its 2018 grain harvest estimate. DATA: The central bank will publish August current account data. SENATE: The strongest Czech opposition party, the Civic Democrats, won the most seats in a Senate election, results showed on Saturday, although the victory is unlikely to rattle Prime Minister Andrej Babis's minority government. CEZ: A shareholder group in Czech utility CEZ has called for a general meeting to vote on overhauling management's stock option plan and wants more minority shareholder representation on the supervisory board. STEEL: ArcelorMittal , the world's largest steel producer, has agreed the sale of plants in the Czech Republic, Romania, Macedonia and Italy to Liberty House to satisfy regulatory requirements for its acquisition of Italian steelmaker Ilva. CEE MARKETS: Central European equities rose on Friday, tracking a rebound in Asian and Western European markets after a sell-off in the previous session. EUROPE POWER: European spot power prices rose on Friday for early next week due to lower renewable supply and rising consumption in France, where a drop in temperatures is likely to spur demand for heating. ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------ Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change close on day in 2018 vs Euro 25.801 25.794 -0.03 -1.07 vs Dollar 22.316 22.279 -0.17 -4.88 Czech Equities 1,079.61 1,079.61 -0.38 0.13 U.S. Equities 25,339.99 25,052.83 1.15 2.51 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT ======================PRESS DIGEST============================== POLITICS: Communist party chief Vojtech Filip said his party will play a bigger role in the lower house after the opposition swept Senate elections over the weekend. Prime Minister Andrej Babis's minority government with the Social Democrats has had to lean on Communist votes for first gaining parliamentary confidence and later legislative votes. Hospodarske Noviny, page 1 Investor Radovan Vitek's property group CPI sold 600 million euros in bonds on international markets last week, aimed at refinancing Czech crown bonds. Hospodarske Noviny, page 11 (Reuters has not verified the stories, nor does it vouch for their accuracy.) Prague Newsroom: +420 224 190 477 E-mail: prague.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com (Reporting by Prague Newsroom)

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