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Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on June 30

PRAGUE, June 30 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial markets on Tuesday. ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours) =========================ECONOMIC DATA======================== Q1 gross domestic product updated data at 0700 GMT May money supply data at 0800 GMT Real-time economic data releases................... Previous stories on Czech data............ Overview of economic data and forecasts......... Updates on CEE currencies........................... ===========================NEWS================================ NUCLEAR: Czech utility CEZ has extended an outage Temelin nuclear power plant's Unit 2 until the end of July for repairs of the steam generator, the utility said on Monday. Story: Related news: SOCCER: Josef Masopust, who led Czechoslovakia into the 1962 World Cup final and was considered the country's greatest ever player, died on Monday after a long illness, his former club Dukla Prague announced. He was 84. Story: Related news: SOCCER: Czech Republic goalkeeper Petr Cech ended a highly successful 11-year spell at English champions Chelsea when he moved to Premier League rivals Arsenal on Monday. Story: Related news: CEE MARKETS: Central European assets fell to multi-month lows on Monday as investors saw the region as particularly vulnerable to fears that Greece will default on its debt and be forced out of the euro. Story: Related news: CEE POWER: Central and southeastern European power prices mainly rose for delivery this week in response to expectations of rising temperatures, pushing up demand, traders said. Story: Related news: ======================PRESS DIGEST============================ GREEK IMPACT: There will be no direct impact of the possible bankruptcy of Greece on the Czech Republic, Vice-Governor of the Czech National Bank, Mojmir Hampl, was quoted as saying. Lidove Noviny, page 3 CAR SALES: Hyundai Motor's Czech representative expects only slow growth of the local market in the coming years, if any at all, Vladimir Vosicky told the paper in an interview. He said he expected to sell around 20,000 cars in the Czech Republic this year and that if there was then any growth, Hyundai would outpace the market. Hospodarske Noviny, page 14 Reuters has not verified the media reports, nor does it vouch for their accuracy. For Instant Views of key economic data click on For summary of economic data and forecasts For diary of forthcoming Czech events For calendar of east European economic indicators TOP NEWS -- Emerging markets TOP NEWS -- Convergence watch For an economic indicator diary for the euro zone, the United States and other Group of Seven countries see For real-time stock market index quotes click in brackets: Warsaw WIG20 Budapest BUX Prague PX News editor of the day: Jan Lopatka on +420 224 190 474 E-mail: [email protected] (Reporting by Prague Newsroom)