EMERGING EUROPE STOCKS - Factors to Watch Sept 16

WARSAW, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Central/Eastern
Europe's financial markets on Tueday.

POLIMEX MOSTOSTAL

Erste cuts its price target for builder Polimex Mostostal
MOSD.WA to 5.70 zlotys from 7.20 zlotys and keeps a "hold"
rating.

PGNIG

Polish energy regulator will not rule on Tuesday to allow
the country's gas monopoly PGNiG PGNI.WA to raise gas prices
from the begining of next month, daily Gazeta Prawna reports
without giving sources.

FIAT

Italian carmaker Fiat (FIA.MI) eyes an investment in
Romania, Business Standard reports, quoting sources in the car
market. The value of the investment and a potential location
have not been decided yet.

COCA-COLA HBC ROMANIA

Coca-Cola HBC Romania, the local unit of Greek bottler
Coca-Cola HBC, said it would close its plant in the western city
of Oradea and move its production lines to other markets, Ziarul
Financiar reports.

PETROLINVEST

Kazakh investors will ultimately control around 40 percent
of Polish exploration venture Petrolinvest PROL.WA, with more
foreign investors in the cards, the company's chief executive
told Reuters on Monday. [ID:nLF165834]

RICHTER, MERCK

Hungary's leading drug producer Richter Gedeon GDRB.BU
settled a patent lawsuit in the Budapest Metropolitan court with
Merck & Co (MRK.N) relating to the active ingredient alendronic
acid. [ID:nLF735075]

HUNGARIAN PENSION FUNDS

Hungarian pension funds lost nearly 185 billion forints on
their investments in the first half, the financial supervisory
Pszáf announced, according to Nepszabadsag's Hungary Around the
Clock service.

EUROPEAN MARKETS

European stocks were seen falling sharply on Tuesday,
extending the previous session's 3.6 percent drop as investors
fret over the fate of U.S. insurer American International Group
Inc (AIG.N) after its debt was downgraded.

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WALL STREET

Wall Street had its worst day since markets reopened after
the September 11 attacks as fears about the U.S. financial
system's stability surged on Monday after Lehman Brothers filed
for bankruptcy and insurer AIG struggled for survival.

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DJ STOXX index............................STOXX
Eurotop 300 sector gainers/losers....PGL.FTEU3S
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Top 25 European pct losers..............PL.PEUR
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REGIONAL INDICES
Warsaw WIG20 .WIG20 Istanbul ISE National 100
Budapest SE Index .BUX Bucharest Beti .BETI
Prague PX .PX Zagreb Crobex .CRBEX
Sofia Sofix .SOFIX Ljubljana SBI20 .SBI

MSCI Global Emerging Markets .MSCIEF
FTSEurofirst 300 .FTEU3
($1=2.384 Zloty)