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By Anita Komuves
BUDAPEST, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Central European currencies
slid on Tuesday, pressured by global market uncertainty over the
spread of coronavirus infections driven by the Delta variant and
weak economic data from China and the United States.
The Hungarian forint weakened 0.17% to 351.90 per
euro, still trading near five-week highs that it hit in the
previous session.
The forint has recently been supported by the rate hike
cycle that the central bank started in June in order to fight
inflation as the economy roared back from the crisis caused by
the pandemic.
The country"s economy grew 2.7% quarter-on-quarter in the
April-June period, data showed on Tuesday.
"The market mood is a bit uncertain because of the spread of
the Delta variant and the events in Afghanistan, so I do not
expect the forint to firm past 350 in the near future," a
Budapest-based trader said.
"It will not significantly weaken, either, as we keep seeing
zloty-forint flows that support the forint."
The rate difference between Poland and Hungary has caused
flows in the zloty-forint trade in the past weeks, traders and
analysts have said.
Unlike the Czech and Hungarian central banks that started
tightening policy in June to fight inflation, the National Bank
of Poland has kept its dovish stance.
"Faster inflation readings may be gradually impacting views
on the MPC, but will not result in concrete action in the next
quarter or so. Meanwhile, the negative real interest rate is
weighing down on the zloty exchange rate," Commerzbank wrote.
The zloty is also pressured by external conditions such as
waning global risk-taking due to weak data from China and
tensions in Afghanistan, as well as Poland"s conflict with the
European Union, Bank Millennium said in a note.
The Polish zloty slipped 0.15% to 4.5680 versus
the common currency.
Elsewhere, the Czech crown was 0.16% lower and
trading at 25.465 to the euro. The Romanian leu edged down 0.12%
to 4.9230 per euro.
Stocks in the region were mixed, with Budapest up
0.7% and hitting another record high while Warsaw
gained 0.2%. Prague was flat while Bucharest was
0.24% lower.
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