Czech market opened higher today despite the global negative sentiment. Volume remains very thin. The biggest gainers come from the banking sector as Erste Bank (345 CZK, 4,20%) follows yesterday´s close in Vienna and Komerční banka (2104 CZK, 2,48%) gets support from international accounts straight from the opening after it was pressured on the close yesterday. VIG (630 CZK, 13,80%) trades higher after in-line 2008 results but investors react to bonus dividend of EUR 0.9/share and announcement of regular dividend of 1.1EUR (about DY 8.7%).