The Czech market traded up, gaining almost 1.0% yesterday. Erste bank continued to be aggressively lifted after its recently published quarterly earnings and a consecutive series of upbeat research notes. Philip Morris and Unipetrol were also lifted on international demand with no underlying news. Zentiva is suffering after it missed its numbers earlier this week; we expect first consolidation at the CZK 850 level. CME reported numbers ahead of our expectations and gained almost 2% as a result.