ATHENS, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events which may affect Greek financial markets on Monday:
ALPHA BANK 9-MONTH NET PROFIT SEEN DOWN 41 PERCENT
Alpha Bank, Greece's third-largest lender, is expected to report a 41 percent drop in nine-month net profit to 335.4 million euros due to slower loan growth and increased provisions.
GREECE NAMES NEW PIRAEUS PORT CEO TO HANDLE STRIKE
Greece has picked a former merchant marine minister to become the new chief executive of Piraeus Port to renegiotate a controversial concession deal with China's Cosco Pacific.
GREECE ADVERTISES TOP POSTS FOR MAIN UTILITY, REFINER
Greece's new socialist government advertised on Friday the top two positions in utility Public Power Corp and the country's biggest refiner Hellenic Petroleum.
GREEK OCT INFLATION SEEN RISING TO 1.1 PCT Y/Y
Greek consumer price inflation is seen rising in October to an annual pace of 1.1 percent, mainly due to higher energy prices compared to a year earlier, economists said on Friday. The National Statistics Service (NSS) will report inflation data at 1000 GMT.
NSS will also release industrial output data for September.
CCH RUSSIAN PLANT TO OPEN IN 2010 DUE TO RED TAPE ISSUES
Coca-Cola Hellenic's plant in Russia will start operations in 2010, due to bureaucratic problems, financial daily Imerisia reported citing Russian media. The unit was unitially scheduled to open in 2008, the paper added.
www.imerisia.gr
EUROPEAN SHARES SET TO EXTEND WINNING RUN
Financial bookmakers expect to see leading European indexes rise on Monday, for the fourth session in a row, after the Group of 20 pledged to keep stimulus measures until the economic recovery was assured.
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