Ranní komentář 30.09.- Unipetrol vs. pokles

  Czech market is expected to open weaker but UNIPETROL will buck the sentiment.

* UNIPETROL - AGROFERT pulled out of the tender for UNIPETROL due to the alleged lower value of the company.

* CEZ - CEO expects CEZ's market share to increase in 2003 to 57% from the current 53%.

* CEZ: The government will re-consider sale of its 68% stake in CEZ via a stock market, the Industry and Trade Minister Jiri Rusnok said.

* ERSTE BANK - trading with Erste Bank shares will start on PSE as of tomorrow.

* PSE - as of tomorrow the settlement in Prague will be changed to T+3.

* KOMERCNI BANKA: In order to increase efficiency the bank plans to  reduce the number of staff from 9,238 at the end of 2001 to 8,500 by the end of this year.

* MACRO Foreign debt 1H2002 and preliminary State Budget data for September will be released today.