Following are news stories, press reports and events to watch that may affect Poland’s financial markets on Wednesday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours):
INTEREST RATE DECISION
The central bank’s Monetary Policy Council is due to announce its decision on interest rates on Wednesday.
ALIOR BANK
Polish lender Alior Bank has decided to increase its planned bond issue by 200 million zlotys to 600 million zlotys due to significant demand from investors, the bank said in a statement late on Tuesday.
FX LOANS
Poland’s parliament will discuss next week the president’s proposal to help bank customers pay back their Swiss franc-denominated loans, Parkiet daily said.
The proposal assumes that banks would pay quarterly contributions to a restructuring fund, whose value is seen at 3.2 billion zlotys in the first year.
COAL
Doncoaltrade may have bought coal in eastern Ukraine’s Donbass region and reselling it in Poland, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna said, quoting unnamed sources.
ENERGY
Poland’s state-run utilities have agreed to sell 30-35 percent of the electricity they produce via the power stock exchange, Rzeczpospolita daily, said quoting unnamed sources.
****Reuters has not verified stories reported by Polish media and does not vouch for their accuracy.****
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