Romania - Factors to Watch on Nov 6

BUCHAREST, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Romanian financial markets on Friday.

IMF MISSION VISIT

An IMF mission is in Bucharest to review Romania's progress in meeting conditions of a 20 billion euros aid package.

President Traian Basescu will meet the IMF mission representatives at 0800 GMT.

INFLATION REPORT

Romanian central bank Governor Mugur Isarescu holds news conference to present the quarterly inflation report at 0900 GMT.

DEBT AUCTION

Romania's finance ministry plans to sell 400 million euros in 3-year treasury bonds at uniform price.

TRANSGAZ

Romania's state-owned gas pipeline operator Transgas TGNM.BX releases third quarter results.

IMF FLEXIBLE ON HOW ROMANIA DRAWS UP BUDGET-PAPER

The International Monetary Fund will show flexibility on how Romania draws up its 2010 budget but will stick to a demand for a 5.9 percent of GDP fiscal gap, mission chief Jeffrey Franks was quoted as saying on Thursday.

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ROMANIA REJECTS ALL BIDS AT 5-YR T-BILL TENDER

Romania rejected all bids at a tender to sell 5-year treasury bonds on Thursday as the finance ministry found yields too high, raising concerns about the European Union's remaining issuance plans for this year.

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ROMANIA'S BASESCU WANTS ALLY FOR PM, CRISIS DRAGS

Romania's president will nominate a new prime minister from his own political camp, he said on Thursday, spurning the opposition's pick and prolonging a policy deadlock before this month's presidential election.

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ROMANIAN FINMIN: '09 BUDGET GAP COULD MISS TARGET

Romania could overshoot this year's budget deficit target of 7.3 percent of gross domestic product due to delays in cost-cutting fiscal reforms, Finance Minister Gheorghe Pogea said on Thursday.

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PARTY CONSULATIONS

President Traian Basescu held party consultations last night, but has not announced any designate prime minister so far.

ENERGY RESTRUCTURING

Creating only one energy company, as some politicians suggested, instead of the two major companies the economy ministry planned for the restructuring of the Romanian energy sector would be wrong, said Economy Minister Adriean Videanu.

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