• At the end of June state budget showed surplus of CZK 1.3bn while in the same period last year surplus reached CZK 7.6bn. Income reached 51% of the full year targeted amount while expenses are on 46%. • US Purchasing Managers’ index in industry rose in June to 56 and reached its highest level since February last year. Result is slightly above expectations. • As of next month Russia is going to increase duty on crude exports. Duty is going to rise by 12% to 223.9 USD per tonne. • Slovakia’s state budget in the 1H07 ended in deficit of SKK 11bn while last year’s deficit reached SKK 10.25bn. • According to Financial Times, Exxon Mobil remains company with the biggest market value followed by General Electric and Microsoft. CEZ is highest among Czech companies on the 337th place.