The Czech market opened lower today due to yesterday‘s public holiday but international buyers supported the index in the early hours of trading. We saw nice volumes and a rally in the second half of the day on the back of better US macrodata. All major blue chips demanded by international investors. Erste Bank (716,5 CZK, -4,85%) reports 3Q09 numbers tomorrow and the stock is recovering from yesterday's 10% drop in-line with Vienna.